I would like to know an easy way to use scp to copy files and folders that are present in different paths on my file system. The ssh destination server requests a password and I
in addition to the already mentioned glob:
you can use {,} to define alternative paths/pathparts in one single statement
{,}
e.g.: scp user@host:/{PATH1,PATH2} DESTINATION
scp user@host:/{PATH1,PATH2} DESTINATION