The remsh command has the following syntax:
remsh remote_host [-l remote_login_name] command[\;command...] |
If you do not give any commands on the remsh command line, remsh interprets any options in the command line as rlogin options and runs rlogin.
Shell metacharacters (like <, |, or >>)
are interpreted on the local host, unless you enclose them in double
quotes. For example, the following command creates newfile on host basil; without the quotes, it would create newfile on the local host:
remsh basil cat my_message ">" newfile |
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The following example uses the find command to look for the file status.july in the project directory on remote host basil:
remsh basil find /project -name status.july -print |
In the following example, a user on the local system uses remsh to create a file called hi_mike in user mike's home directory on remote host sage:
remsh sage cd /home/sage/mike\;echo Hi, Mike! ">" hi_mike |
In the following example, a user uses remsh to log into user paula's home directory on host basil and mail the meeting_minutes file to the members of the proj_team mailing list:
remsh basil -l paula mailx proj_team "<" meeting_minutes |
