Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 16:17:25 +0100 From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> To: Nino Ivanov <niivanov@gmx.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Piping across machines? - a suggestion Message-ID: <464B2085.6010700@dial.pipex.com> In-Reply-To: <000501c797c8$2492c3c0$d900000a@eniac> References: <000501c797c8$2492c3c0$d900000a@eniac>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Nino Ivanov wrote: >Dear Sir or Madam, > >I am still a newbie in some respects, so maybe this idea is a moot point >or done already, but in case it is not, I'd like to suggest it: > >One nice thing about unix is this piping, like programX | programY | >programZ... > >Well, I just thought: Wouldn't it be interesting if this were possible - >in the same simplicity - over several machines as well? Like, something >similar to: machine1:programX | machine2:programY | machine3:programZ... >Machines could be identified by a name or an IP-Address. > > programX | ssh machine2 programY | ssh machine3 programZ works for pretty much any reasonable(*) choice of programY or programZ --Alex (*) terminal-based programs like less won't always work.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?464B2085.6010700>