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rsh — Execute commands on a remote host. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/inetutils/manual/

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Problem

How to use the rsh command: Execute commands on a remote host. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/inetutils/manual/inetutils.html#rsh-invocation>.

Solution

rsh — Execute commands on a remote host. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/inetutils/manual/inetutils.html#rsh-invocation>.

Execute a command on a remote host:

rsh {{remote_host}} {{ls -l}}

Execute a command on a remote host with a specific username:

rsh {{remote_host}} {{[-l|--user]}} {{username}} {{ls -l}}

Redirect stdin to /dev/null when executing a command on a remote host:

rsh {{remote_host}} --no-err {{ls -l}}

Code Snippets

Execute a command on a remote host

rsh {{remote_host}} {{ls -l}}

Execute a command on a remote host with a specific username

rsh {{remote_host}} {{[-l|--user]}} {{username}} {{ls -l}}

Redirect `stdin` to `/dev/null` when executing a command on a remote host

rsh {{remote_host}} --no-err {{ls -l}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/rsh

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