You start a listening nc on the destination server, and push the file from the source server. Destination: nc -l -p 1234 > foo Source: nc destination 1

You start a listening nc on the destination server, and push the file from the source server. Destination: nc -l -p 1234 > foo Source: nc destination 1234 < foo Protip #1: You can also send directories: Destination: nc -l -p 1234 | tar xf - Source: tar czf - directory | nc destination 1234 Protip #2: pv for progress indicators (pv on one side is enough) Destination: nc -l -p 1234 | pv > foo Source: pv foo | nc destination 1234 Note: netcat (BSD or GNU variants) syntax varies across unixes and distros. Sometimes it's `nc -l -p 1234`, other times `nc -l 0.0.0.0 1234`. Check your man. You can check for data corruption with md5sum or similar checksumming tools.