RSH-REDONE-RSH(1)

📦 version 85, in debian bookworm, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble

💖 RSH(1) — remote shell 💖

okay bestie, so this page is literally about rsh, the remote shell utility. think of it as the og group chat with your other computer. it's from the RSH(1) manual, she's an icon, she's a classic, and we're gonna walk through her whole vibe together. no cap. 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

rsh [-46v] [-l user] [-p port] [user@]host command

that's the whole shape of it, bestie. flags, optional user, a host, and the command you wanna run over there. 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so what rsh does is it makes a connection to the remote shell daemon running on host and starts command on the remote machine. that's the whole thing. that's the plot. 🎀

and then — the way this part works is so satisfying — all input is transmitted to the remote machine and all output on the remote machine is sent back to the rsh client on the local machine. it's giving walkie-talkie. it's giving you type over here, it types over there. lowkey magical. ✨

👑 OPTIONS 👑

every single one, bestie. we're not skipping. that would be a crime.

  • -4 — use only IPv4 to connect to the remote host. four only, no other energy. 💙
  • -6 — use only IPv6 to connect to the remote host. six girlies stand up. 💜
  • -v — be verbose. she's talking more now. she's telling you everything. main character behavior fr fr. 🗣️
  • -n — redirect stdin to /dev/null to be able to run rsh in the background. so if you wanna yeet it into the background and let it do its thing, this is the flag. she doesn't need your input anymore, she's independent. 💅
  • -l user — connect to the remote host as a different user than on the local machine. so you can be you here and somebody else over there. secret identity era. 🕵️‍♀️
  • -p port — connect to a different port than the default one for rsh. cause sometimes she's not on her usual spot. 🚪
ngl bestie, the synopsis shows [-46v] [-l user] [-p port] — and -n is right there in the options list. so like, she exists. she's real. don't come for me, i'm just telling you what the page says. 😭

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

go read these next, they're the friend group:

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🎀✨ this one's dated Sun, 13 Apr 2003 00:24:32 +0200 and it's the RSH(1) page, so that's the source/version + date energy right there. vintage. iconic. she ate and left absolutely no crumbs. periodt. 💖🫶🌈

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