.TH RSH 1C "17 March 1982"
connects to the specified
and executes the specified \fIcommand\fR.
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; \fIrsh\fP 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
This remote name must be equivalent (in the sense of
to the originating account; no provision
is made for specifying a password with a command.
then instead of executing a single command, you will be logged in
Shell metacharacters which are not quoted are interpreted
on local machine, while quoted metacharacters are interpreted on
\ \ \ rsh otherhost cat remotefile >> localfile
\ \ \ rsh otherhost cat remotefile ">>" otherremotefile
Host names are given in the file /etc/hosts. Each host
has one standard name (the first name given in the file), which
is rather long and unambiguous, and optionally one or more nicknames.
The host names for local machines are also commands in the directory
/usr/hosts; if you put this directory in your search path
in the background without redirecting its input
away from the terminal, it will block even if no reads
are posted by the remote command. If no input is desired
you should redirect the input of
You cannot run an interactive command
Stop signals stop the local \fIrsh\fP process only; this is arguably
wrong, but currently hard to fix for reasons too complicated to