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RSH(1)                      General Commands Manual                     RSH(1)

NAME
       rsh - remote shell

SYNOPSIS
       rsh [-n] [-l username] host [command]
       host [-n] [-l username] [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.

OPTIONS
       -l username
              Specify the remote user name.

       -n     Connect standard input of the remote command to  /dev/null.   Do
              this if rsh should not inadvertently read from standard input.

SEE ALSO
       rcp(1), rlogin(1), rhosts(5).

BUGS
       You  cannot  run  an  interactive command (like rogue(6) or vi(1)); use
       rlogin(1).

4.2 Berkeley Distribution       April 29, 1985                          RSH(1)

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | OPTIONS | SEE ALSO | BUGS