diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/core/Utils.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/core/Utils.kt
index dd80e23..5c7e174 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/core/Utils.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/core/Utils.kt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs.core.processors.ContainerStartMode
 import org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs.core.processors.ContainerUbuntuHostProcessor
 import org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs.core.processors.RemoteProcessor
 import org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs.core.tags.Api
+import org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs.ubuntu.filesystem.base.fileContent
 import java.io.File
 import java.net.InetAddress
 
@@ -94,6 +95,13 @@ fun getResourceAsText(path: String): String {
 }
 
 
+internal fun getLocalFileContent(fullyQualifiedLocalFileName: String, sudo: Boolean = false): String {
+    val content = local().fileContent(fullyQualifiedLocalFileName, sudo)
+    check(content != null, { "Could not retrieve content from file: $fullyQualifiedLocalFileName" })
+    return content
+}
+
+
 /**
  * Returns default local Prov instance.
  */
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/ubuntu/filesystem/base/Filesystem.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/ubuntu/filesystem/base/Filesystem.kt
index c20f57d..ca30a1d 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/ubuntu/filesystem/base/Filesystem.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/ubuntu/filesystem/base/Filesystem.kt
@@ -26,6 +26,25 @@ fun Prov.createFileFromResource(
 }
 
 
+/**
+ * Copies a file from the local environment to the running Prov instance.
+ * In case the running ProvInstance is also local, it would copy from local to local.
+ */
+fun Prov.copyFileFromLocal(
+    fullyQualifiedFilename: String,
+    fullyQualifiedLocalFilename: String,
+    posixFilePermission: String? = null,
+    sudo: Boolean = false
+): ProvResult = def {
+    createFile(
+        fullyQualifiedFilename,
+        getLocalFileContent(fullyQualifiedLocalFilename),
+        posixFilePermission,
+        sudo
+    )
+}
+
+
 fun Prov.createFile(
     fullyQualifiedFilename: String,
     text: String?,
@@ -150,6 +169,8 @@ fun Prov.insertTextInFile(file: String, textBehindWhichToInsert: Regex, textToIn
 }
 
 
+// =============================  folder operations  ==========================
+
 fun Prov.dirExists(dir: String, path: String? = null, sudo: Boolean = false): Boolean {
     val effectivePath = if (path != null) path else
         (if (dir.startsWith(File.separator)) File.separator else "~" + File.separator)
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/core/UtilsKtTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/core/UtilsKtTest.kt
index 6afa4ee..698086e 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/core/UtilsKtTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/core/UtilsKtTest.kt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.assertThrows
+import java.io.File
 import java.net.UnknownHostException
 
 internal class UtilsKtTest {
@@ -54,6 +55,12 @@ internal class UtilsKtTest {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun getLocalFileContent_successful() {
+        val resourcesDirectory = File("src/test/resources").absolutePath
+        assertEquals("resource text\n", getLocalFileContent("$resourcesDirectory/resource-test"))
+    }
+
     @Test
     @Disabled // run manually after having updated user
     fun test_remote() {
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/ubuntu/filesystem/base/FilesystemKtTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/ubuntu/filesystem/base/FilesystemKtTest.kt
index 3c78530..e38e4a1 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/ubuntu/filesystem/base/FilesystemKtTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/ubuntu/filesystem/base/FilesystemKtTest.kt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs.test.defaultTestContainer
 import org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs.test.tags.ContainerTest
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+import java.io.File
 
 
 internal class FilesystemKtTest {
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ internal class FilesystemKtTest {
         // when
         val file = "replaceTest"
         val res1 = prov.createFile(file, "a\nb\nc\nd")
-        val res2 = prov.replaceTextInFile(file,"b", "hi\nho")
+        val res2 = prov.replaceTextInFile(file, "b", "hi\nho")
         val res3 = prov.fileContent(file).equals("a\nhi\nho\nc\nd")
         val res4 = prov.deleteFile(file)
 
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ internal class FilesystemKtTest {
         // then
         assertTrue(res1.success)
         assertTrue(res2.success)
-        assertEquals("a\nhi\nho\nc\nd",res3)
+        assertEquals("a\nhi\nho\nc\nd", res3)
         assertTrue(res4.success)
     }
 
@@ -191,4 +192,18 @@ internal class FilesystemKtTest {
         assertEquals("a\nbananas\nhi\nc\nd", res3)
         assertTrue(res4.success)
     }
+
+    @Test
+    @ContainerTest
+    fun copyFileFromLocal_successfully() {
+        // given
+        val resourcesDirectory = File("src/test/resources").absolutePath
+
+        // when
+        defaultTestContainer().copyFileFromLocal("copiedFileFromLocal", "$resourcesDirectory/resource-test")
+
+        // then
+        val content = defaultTestContainer().fileContent( "copiedFileFromLocal")
+        assertEquals("resource text\n", content)
+    }
 }
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