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    This is not quite an answer to your question, but a "solution" to your problem; just copy the file to an easy to type location (cp <file> /tmp, and then in the other terminal scp host:/tmp/<file> .). No need to remember difficult paths, or commands. Commented Dec 6, 2010 at 4:14
  • Apparently, using symlink instead of copying can save you some space if the file is not small enough. Commented Dec 6, 2010 at 6:18