scp or sftp copy multiple files with single command

Question

I'd like to copy files from/to remote server in different directories. For example, I want to run these 4 commands at once.

scp remote:A/1.txt local:A/1.txt
scp remote:A/2.txt local:A/2.txt
scp remote:B/1.txt local:B/1.txt
scp remote:C/1.txt local:C/1.txt

What is the easiest way to do that?

Answer 1

Copy multiple files from remote to local:

$ scp your_username@remote.edu:/some/remote/directory/{a,b,c} ./

Copy multiple files from local to remote:

$ scp foo.txt bar.txt your_username@remotehost.edu:~
$ scp {foo,bar}.txt your_username@remotehost.edu:~
$ scp *.txt your_username@remotehost.edu:~

Copy multiple files from remote to remote:

$ scp your_username@remote1.edu:/some/remote/directory/foobar.txt 
your_username@remote2.edu:/some/remote/directory/

Source: http://www.hypexr.org/linux_scp_help.php