VMS Help TCPIP Services, Remote Commands, RSH  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

    The RSH (Remote Shell) command connects your terminal to a remote
    host and requests it to execute the command, script, or command
    procedure that you specify. If the command generates output,
    you see it as if it were produced locally. If you omit a remote
    command when you enter an RSH command line, RSH initiates an
    RLOGIN session. However, if the command line includes /PASSWORD,
    the remote login attempt fails. Using the /PASSWORD qualifier
    invokes REXEC.

    Syntax rules require that you enter your RSH command line so that
    the remote command is the last word (or phrase).

    Quotation Marks

    If the remote command is one or more lowercase words, you do not
    need to enclose them in double quotation marks on the RSH command
    line. However, double quotation marks ( " " ) are required for:

    o  UNIX commands that are mixed-case characters.

    o  UNIX commands that are uppercase characters.

    In addition, RSH handles one double quotation mark ( " ) and two
    consecutive double quotation marks ( "" ) as follows:

    o  If you input one double quotation mark in a command line, RSH
       removes it.

    o  If you enter two consecutive double quotation marks on the
       command line, RSH removes the first quotation mark and leaves
       the second.

    o  If you surround text with a set of double quotation marks on
       the RSH command line, RSH disables the default conversion of
       characters to lowercase, and removes the quotation marks.

    Interrupting Commands

    To stop a remote execution, enter either Ctrl/C or Ctrl/Y.

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