Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:43:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Juri Mianovich <juri_mian@yahoo.com> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help with text-append over SSH ? - dd: unknown operand >> Message-ID: <687623.75032.qm@web45604.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20071012143730.GC3881@kobe.laptop>
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--- Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
wrote:
> On 2007-10-11 16:49, Juri Mianovich
> <juri_mian@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > I have an account on a system where I cannot log
> in over SSH, but I
> > _can_ run a limited set of commands remotely, over
> SSH. (I am in a
> > jail of some sorts).
> >
> > I want to append the contents of a local text file
> to the contents of
> > a remote text file, over SSH.
> >
> > Normally, I would do this locally with:
> >
> > cat file1 >> file2
> >
> > But again, file2 is remote, and I can't log in
> there... I have access
> > to the 'echo' command and the 'dd' command (among
> others) on the
> > remote host ... so for instance, I can do things
> like this:
> >
> > ssh user@host rm -rf filename
> >
> > So, with all that in mind, how do I append the
> contents of a local
> > file to a remote file, over SSH, using either
> 'echo' or 'dd' ?
>
> Try running:
>
> cat file1 | ssh user@host "dd >> file2"
Thank you - I do indeed need to use 'dd' because I
don't have access to 'cat' in the chroot.
However, when I use your example, I get this error:
dd: unknown operand >>
So I have something off a bit ... help ?
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