RSHBSD(1C)                                           RSHBSD(1C)



     NAME
          rsh - remote shell

     SYNOPSIS
          /usr/bsd/rsh host [ -l username ] [ -n ] command

     DESCRIPTION
          Rsh connects to the specified host, and executes the
          specified 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
          command 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
          command, 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
          localfile, 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
          commands 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)




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     RSHBSD(1C)                                           RSHBSD(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
          command.  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
          arguably wrong, but currently hard to fix for reasons too
          complicated to explain here.

     ORIGIN
          4.3 BSD







































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