Hard to Resolve :- "SCP copies files successfully, but files not visible in local computer" [closed]

I was facing the same problem. The error I was making was that I was running the SCP command on the remote server instead you need to run it on your local.

When you run the command on the server it shows a similar interface of the file being downloaded, that is why some people might be missing it.

We cannot say "what is wrong with you" (your words), but there are a number of things you might want to check:

• is that folder you copied (or the files) hidden? So does their name start with a dot (.somefile)?
• when "looking for the local files", do you use a file manager? Then you should try to refresh the view.
• when using a graphical file manager, are their any filters set that might hide some files?
• what does this command output: ls -al /dest/local/path?
• what type of resource is /dest/local/path? Is that an ordinary folder inside a locally mounted partition or something else?
• for the real paranoid amongst us: what scp command is that? Which path, what package does it belong to? You checked that?
• what happens if you try to transfer the files using exactly the same commands? Any warning about files getting overwritten?

And finally: you tried adding the -v flag (verbose mode) to get additional information during the transfer?

Initially I had a problem trying to SCP a file that was owned by root.So I tried to specify root as the user for both sides of the SCP command;

scp root@192.168.0.201:/usr/share/bob.txt root@localhost:/usr/share

But this didn't work.
It says it works - it provides a progress bar etc - but the file is simply not in the destination directory.

I do not know WHY - but providing an IP address, instead of the LOCALHOST designation as a destination - sees the file copied successfully.

scp root@192.168.0.201:/usr/share/bob.txt root@192.168.0.202:/usr/share