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  1. sftp YOUR_USERNAME@lonestar.tacc.utexas.edu and enter your password when prompted
  2. cd /corral-repl/utexas/BioITeam/tacc_ngs/
  3. get bowtie-launcher.sh
  4. quit

If all goes according to plan, you will see a file transfer go by quickly, and in your local home directory, the bowtie-launcher.sh file will appear. You can edit it and push it back up to Lonestar (though not to the BioITeam directory!)

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Solution
Solution
  1. sftp YOUR_USERNAME@lonestar.tacc.utexas.edu
  2. cd SOME_DIRECTORY_YOU_OWN
  3. put bowtie-launcher.sh
  4. quit

SCP

SFTP gives you interactive access to the remote and local file systems, but you may know exactly where yo want to copy from and exactly where it needs to go. This is where SCP shines! Here's the sequence of commands for doing the same thing we just did with SFTP but using SCP instead.

  1. scp YOUR_USERNAME@lonestar.tacc.utexas.edu:/corral-repl/utexas/BioITeam/tacc_ngs/bowtie-launcher.sh .

Tough huh? To go the other way...

  1. scp bowtie-launcher.sh YOUR_USERNAME@lonestar.tacc.utexas.edu:

Now, you're a command-line data transfer pro. Make sure to check out the manual pages for sftp and scp and research around a little on the web to learn even more about their usage.