How to write to a file over the network

Question

I have two ubuntu linux boxes: I'm in bash on one machine running some battery of tests (storage, memory, etc.). Now, I want to test writing to a file over the network to the other linux box. Any idea of the command to write to a file across the network (behind the same router)? I could easily ssh into the second machine, but I want to send data across the network, writing to a file at the root or some particular directory. Thanks!

Answer 1

SCP！

Answer 2

You should use scp (Secure copy) or rsync (Remote Sync).

From the command line type

scp file_to_copy user@remote_linx:/tmp/copy_of_file