On 9/24/2010 12:50 PM, Tim Dunphy wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am attempting to grep the contents of a key file I have SCP'd to a
> remote server. I am able to cat it:
>
> [code]
> [bluethu...@lbsd2:~]$:ssh r...@sum1 grep `cat /root/id_rsa.pub`
Put single quotes around the whole command you want to send to the
remote. Otherwise your local shell is going to process the backtick
expansion before anything else. And grep is just as capable of reading
the file as cat anyway.
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikes...@gmail.com
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