Re: [SLUG] Problem in using scp

2006-08-09 Thread Peter Hardy
On Wed, 2006-08-09 at 16:59 +1000, David Gillies wrote: > Gavin Carr wrote: > > sed s/this/that/g file | ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] 'cat > /home/someplace' > > Wouldn't that need to be: > > sed s/this/that/g file | ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] 'cat - > /home/someplace' Doesn't need to be. cat will just take

Re: [SLUG] Problem in using scp

2006-08-09 Thread Michael Lake
David Gillies wrote: Wouldn't that need to be: sed s/this/that/g file | ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] 'cat - > /home/someplace' ^^^ Yes. Thanks Dave and Gavin. It's ssh I should use. -- Michael Lake Computational Research Support Unit Science Faculty, UTS P

Re: [SLUG] Problem in using scp

2006-08-09 Thread Michael Lake
Hi all James helped me out and his suggestion of using ssh worked perfectly. Thanks James. James Polley wrote: of coruse scp doesn't - would cp or rcp? try something like this: cat file | sed s/this/that/g | ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] "cat - > /home/someplace/somefile" On 8/9/06, Michael Lake

Re: [SLUG] Problem in using scp

2006-08-09 Thread David Gillies
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Gavin Carr wrote: > On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 04:42:13PM +1000, Michael Lake wrote: >> Hi all >> >> I am trying to do this: >> >> cat file | sed s/this/that/g | scp - [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/someplace/ >> >> As I want to replace some strings in file and

Re: [SLUG] Problem in using scp

2006-08-08 Thread Gavin Carr
On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 04:42:13PM +1000, Michael Lake wrote: > Hi all > > I am trying to do this: > > cat file | sed s/this/that/g | scp - [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/someplace/ > > As I want to replace some strings in file and copy it to another server in > a Makefile line. It looks like scp does

[SLUG] Problem in using scp

2006-08-08 Thread Michael Lake
Hi all I am trying to do this: cat file | sed s/this/that/g | scp - [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/someplace/ As I want to replace some strings in file and copy it to another server in a Makefile line. It looks like scp doesn't recognise - as "take input from its stdin". How can I do what I intend?