May 2017
Beginner
552 pages
28h 47m
English
Content preview from Linux Shell Scripting Cookbook - Third Edition
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Running graphical commands on a remote machine
If you attempt to run a command on a remote machine that uses a graphical window, you will see an error similar to cannot open display. This is because the ssh shell is attempting (and failing) to connect to the X server on the remote machine.