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    RSH(1C)             UNIX Programmer's Manual		  RSH(1C)

    NAME
         rsh - remote shell

    SYNOPSIS
         rsh host [ -l username ] [ -n ] command
         host [ -l username ] [ -n ] command

    DESCRIPTION
         Rsh connects to the specified host, and executes the speci-
         fied command.  Rsh 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 com-
         mand 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(1C)) 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 com-
         mand, you will be logged in on the remote host using
         rlogin(1C).

         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 local-
         file, while

    	rsh otherhost cat remotefile ">>" otherremotefile

         appends remotefile to 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 com-
         mands in the directory /usr/hosts; if you put this directory
         in your search path then the rsh can be omitted.

    FILES
         /etc/hosts
         /usr/hosts/*

    SEE ALSO
         rlogin(1C)

    Printed 11/26/99	 April 29, 1985                         1

    RSH(1C)             UNIX Programmer's Manual		  RSH(1C)

    BUGS
         If you are using csh(1) and put a rsh(1C) in the background
         without redirecting its input away from the terminal, it
         will block even if no reads are posted by the remote com-
         mand.  If no input is desired you should redirect the input
         of rsh to /dev/null using the -n option.

         You cannot run an interactive command (like rogue(6) or
         vi(1)); use rlogin(1C).

         Stop signals stop the local rsh process only; this is argu-
         ably wrong, but currently hard to fix for reasons too com-
         plicated to explain here.

    Printed 11/26/99	 April 29, 1985                         2

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