Error when using scp command bash scp command not found

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I want to use scp command to copy a local file to remote server  but I get an error message after input the password of user in remote server       scp gitadmin pub git 123 150 207 18  git 123 150 207 18 s password   bash  scp  command not found lost connection   I checked on server using the git user and it seems the scp command can be found and openssh-clinets were installed too   git         scp usage  scp  -1246BCpqrv   -c cipher   -F ssh config   -i identity file              -l limit   -o ssh option   -P port   -S program               user  host1  file1       user  host2  file2 git         su root        root         yum info openssh-clients Loaded plugins  product-id  subscription-manager Updating Red Hat repositories  Installed Packages Name          openssh-clients Arch          x86 64 Version       5 3p1 Release       52 el6 Size          1 0 M Repo          installed From repo     anaconda-RedHatEnterpriseLinux-201105101844 x86 64 Summary       An open source SSH client applications URL           http   www openssh com portable html License       BSD Description   OpenSSH is a free version of SSH  Secure SHell   a program for               logging into and executing commands on a remote machine  This               package includes the clients necessary to make encrypted               connections to SSH servers    I m confused for the situation  Did I missing some configuration on server   We are using RHEL6 as server      It s my fault in path setting  I added  custom sh  in  etc profile d and added following lines in it to add  usr local node bin directory to PATH   export PATH   usr local node bin  PATH     But the format is wrong  I removed the pair of     and it works OK now  It should be   export PATH  PATH  usr local node bin   A probe mistake

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Check if scp is installed or not on from where you want want to copy  check using which scp   If it s already installed  it will print you a path like  usr bin scp Else  install scp using   yum -y install openssh-clients   Then copy command   scp -r root 192 168 1 1  var www html database backup restore fullbackup backup 20140308-023002 sql   var www html db bkp

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Make sure the scp command is available on both sides - both on the client and on the server   If this is Fedora or Red Hat Enterprise Linux and clones  CentOS   make sure this package is installed       yum -y install openssh-clients   If you work with Debian or Ubuntu and clones  install this package       apt-get install openssh-client   Again  you need to do this both on the server and the client  otherwise you can encounter  weird  error messages on your client  scp  command not found or similar although you have it locally  This already confused thousands of people  I guess

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Issue is with remote server  can you login to the remote server and check if  scp  works  probable causes  - scp is not in path - openssh client not installed correctly  for more details http   www linuxquestions org questions linux-newbie-8 bash-scp-command-not-found-920513

[scp] Error when using scp command "bash: scp: command not found"

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