RSH(1)RSH(1)NAMErsh - remote shell
SYNOPSISrsh [-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 out‐
put 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 ALSOrcp(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)
