sudo nc -lp 2022 | sudo tar -xvf -
explanation: open netcat to -l listen on -p port 2022, take the data stream and pipe to tar -x extract, -v verbose, -f using file filename - means "stdin"
on the sending side:
tar -cvzf - ./*| nc -w 3 name_of_listening_host 2022
explanation: compress all files in current dir using tar -c create, -v verbose, -f using file, - filename - here means "stdout" because we're tar -c instead of tar -x, -w3 wait 3 seconds on stream termination and then end the connection to the listening host name_of_listening_host, on port 2022
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scp filename user@host:/target/directory
# on the listening/sending side
tar -cvzf - ./* | nc -v -l 2022
# on the receiving side
nc -v -w3 name_of_listening_host 2022 | tar -xvf -
The listening netcat will wait for the incoming connection before it starts sending the input piped from tar.