--- Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> On 2007-10-11 16:49, Juri Mianovich
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "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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