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PuTTY secure copy client | -bash: pscp: command not found |


I am trying to learn the Amazon's AWS - EC2 service and was following its tutorial (at https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/EC2_GetStarted.html)

I have successfully launched an instance and am on Step:2, Connect to your instance. I got PuTTY and followed the tutorial for connection using PuTTY (at https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/putty.html)

Here I am unable to use the command - pscp -i C:\path\my-key-pair.ppk C:\path\Sample_file.txt ec2-user@public_dns:/home/ec2-user/Sample_file.txt as it shows the following error : ' -bash: pscp: command not found '

My main aim is to use an online free temporary server to host a RESTful API that I have made and tested on localhost in python3.

I am a beginner in this field and would like some help.

Thank you.


Solution

  • pscp is Windows program.

    You are not supposed to use it in PuTTY terminal (on the virtual machine shell), but on your local Windows machine.