How to use scp/rsync to copy file with a colon (:) in it

To copy a file that has a colon (:) in its name using scp or rsync, you need to escape the colon with a backslash (\).

For example, if you want to copy a file named file:1 from a remote host example.com to the current directory on your local machine, you would run:

Similarly, if you want to use rsync to copy the file, you would run:

Note that the backslash before the colon must be included within single quotes (') or double quotes (") to prevent the shell from interpreting it.