# SCP as root and chown
_A simple function to scp from source/dest and chown back to user if destination is local_
```bash=
scp_root() {
if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then
echo "Usage: scp_root <source> <dest>"
return 1
fi
local source="$1"
local dest="$2"
sudo scp "$source" "$dest"
if [[ "$dest" != *:* ]]; then
sudo chown myuser:"myuser group" "$dest"
fi
}
```