3 Linux commands I use for downloading files and how they're different Need help accessing your files without a web browser? Linux has a few solutions you can access right from the command line.

If you need to share or transfer files between Linux machines, you have plenty of options. Here are some you might not have considered.

On Linux or Unix you’ll use the ssh command. Same goes for Linux-like environments on Windows like Cygwin or WSL. For native Windows, you might be using Putty.

When I use SCP to transfer a file from my linux box to my MBP it goes up to 10 MB/s on my 802.11n network. When I mount my linux box via MacFUSE and SSHFS the transfer speed is more like 300 kB ...

Jack Wallen shows you how to sync files across a network on Linux with a simple command line tool.

If a fear of the command line has prevented you from making use of the more secure sftp, Jack Wallen wants to show you how you can easily connect to that remote server, with a simple file manager.