On Thu, 2004-09-16 at 22:42, Norman Gaywood wrote: > On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 10:08:57PM -0400, Michael E. Webster wrote: > > On Thu, 2004-09-16 at 21:32, Ben Halicki wrote: > > > Anyone know a quick and easy way to list the contents of a file on a > > > remote machine? Similar to the cat command, but the file is sitting > > > on another server. I was thinking about using scp to copy the file to > > > the local machine first, then using cat, but thought there might be a > > > way of performing this in one step? > > > Take a look at rsh - it will do what you're wanting. > > rsh is fine in a restricted environment but the OP has scp working. So > he may as well use ssh: > > ssh user@host cat filename > > Graphically, if you are using KDE, and you have your ssh keys setup, > you can use this URL in konqueror: > > fish://user@host > > -- Very true. I was offering an alternative. If scp is already set up, then ssh is the way to go.
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