Copying Files to Windows from Linux Using Putty’s PSCP Command Line Tool

I’m wanting to look at my cloud hosted Linux Apache web server log files on my local Windows PC and I’m using PuTTY SSH as my Windows SSH telnet client.

How do we transfer the Apache web server log files over to my local Windows PC so I can work with it?

Instead of trying to copy the file from inside the PuTTY SSH session on the remote server, we can use a built-In Windows command line tool (pscp.exe) included with PuTTY called “PSCP” which mimic much of what you get with Linux’s built-in scp file transfer utility.

Putty’s Command Line File Transfer Tool (PSCP)

Below is a screenshot of me figuring out how to properly transfer an Apache web server log file over to my Windows PC temp folder on the C drive.

Sample Command Line Code

Run from the Windows Command Line from your Putty Install folder.

I used // to escape the forward slashes on the Linux server and \\ to escape backslahes and it worked.

Below should be entered all on one line.
c:\Program Files\PuTTY>pscp user@remoteserver://var//log//apache2//access.log c:\\temp\\access.log

Re-post: C# Programming – ASCII XMas Tree w/ Code Example

This is re-post from an article I originally posted 10 years ago on 11/18/2009. I still see a bit of traffic from it so it stays on the blog.

I’m guessing the web traffic for this article is coming from programming students who have received ASCII XMas Tree as a coding project.

The original title was: Introduction to C# Programming: ASCII XMas Tree – C# and .Net Sample Project.

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

C#, pronounced C Sharp, is a relatively new programming language from Microsoft that was designed to take full advantage of the new .Net Framework.

Below is a sample project I did for a programming class I’m attending at MJC in Modesto. To test and run the code listed on this site you should download a free copy of Microsoft Visual C# Express 2005. There are four Visual Studio Express versions available for free from Microsoft, Visual Basic, C#, J# and C++.

The xmas tree project was a good idea. It really makes you think. I think this project could have been a little more fun for me if I had a little more time but my schedule just won’t allow it. I don’t see myself coming back to often to update this code but if others want to sent me some other samples I may post them later. So here it goes….

Screenshot of command line window.

C# ASCII XMas Tree Code Sample

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            //create the main array
            int[] myArray = new int[] { 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 };

            //The outside foreach loop to loop throught the array
            foreach (int intLoop in myArray)
            {
                //creates the spaces, takes the array number minus 1 then divide by 2
                //this gives you the amount of spaces needed for each level of the tree
                 for (int iSpace = 0; iSpace < ((myArray[4]-intLoop)/2); iSpace++)
                {
                    System.Console.Write(" ");
                }               
                //middle loop writes the asterisks "*" the full amount of current array[]

                for (int i = 0;i < intLoop; i++)
                {               
                System.Console.Write("*");
             }
                //creates the spaces, takes the array number minus 1 then divide by 2
                //this gives you the amount of spaces needed for each level of the tree
              for (int iSpace = 0; iSpace < ((myArray[4] - intLoop) / 2); iSpace++)
             {
                 System.Console.Write(" ");
             }

            //creates new lines after all 3 loops run

             System.Console.WriteLine("");
            }
            //nest this loop and do it 3 times
            for (int iBase = 0; iBase < myArray[1]; iBase++)
            {
                // now make the base of the tree
                for (int iSpaces = 0; iSpaces < myArray[1]; iSpaces++)
                {
                    System.Console.Write(" ");
                }
                for (int iPipes = 0; iPipes < myArray[1]; iPipes++)
                {
                    System.Console.Write("|");
                }
                // now make the base of the tree
                for (int iSpaces = 0; iSpaces < myArray[1]; iSpaces++)
                {
                    System.Console.Write(" ");
                }
                  //creates new lines after all 3 loops run
                    System.Console.WriteLine("");
            }
        }
    }
}