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Linux Shells by Example
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Linux Shells by Example

by Ellie Quigley
May 2000
Beginner
761 pages
18h 20m
English
Pearson
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rcp—remote file copy

rcp [-px] [-k realm] file1 file2
rcp [-px] [-r] [-k realm] file … directory

The rcp command copies files between machines in the form:

remothostname:path

user@hostname:file

user@hostname.domainname:file

Example A.45.
1  rcp dolphin:filename /tmp/newfilename
2  rcp filename broncos:newfilename
				

Explanation

  1. Copy filename from remote machine dolphin to /tmp/newfilename on this machine.

  2. Copy filename from this machine to remote machine broncos and name it newfile-name.

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