


      RSH(1)                      (bsd 4.2)                      RSH(1)



      NAME
           rsh - remote shell

      SYNTAX
           rsh host [ -l username ] [ -n ] command

      DESCRIPTION
           Rsh connects to the specified host, and executes the
           specified command.  Rsh copies its standard input to the
           remote command, the standard output of the remote command to
           its standard output, and the standard error of the remote
           command to its standard error.  Interrupt, quit and
           terminate signals are propagated to the remote command; rsh
           normally terminates when the remote command does.

           The remote username used is the same as your local username,
           unless you specify a different remote name with the -l
           option.  This remote name must be equivalent (in the sense
           of rlogin(1)) to the originating account; no provision is
           made for specifying a password with a command.

           If you omit command, then, instead of executing a single
           command, you will be logged in on the remote host using
           rlogin(1).

           Shell metacharacters which are not quoted are interpreted on
           local machine, while quoted metacharacters are interpreted
           on the remote machine.  Thus, the command

              rsh otherhost cat remotefile >> localfile

           appends the remote file remotefile to the localfile
           localfile, while

              rsh otherhost cat remotefile ">>" otherremotefile

           appends remotefile to otherremotefile.

           Host names are given in the file /etc/hosts.  Each host has
           one standard name (the first name given in the file) which
           is rather long and unambiguous, and optionally one or more
           nicknames.

      FILES
           /etc/hosts

      SEE ALSO
           rlogin(1)

      BUGS
           If you are using csh(1) and you put a rsh(1) in the
           background without redirecting its input away from the



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           terminal, it will block even if no reads are posted by the
           remote command.  If no input is desired, you should redirect
           the input of rsh to /dev/null using the -n option.

           You cannot run an interactive command (like vi(1)).
           Instead, use rlogin(1).

           Stop signals terminate the local rsh process only.  This is
           arguably wrong, but currently hard to fix for reasons too
           complicated to explain here.

           Remote commands that treat standard out and standard in do
           not work as usual because standard out is not a terminal for
           the remote shell.  For instance, ll -C must be used to force
           the long listing into a columns.








































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