NAME
rsh - Remote shell client
SYNOPSIS
rsh [OPTION...] [USER@]HOST [COMMAND [ARG...]]
DESCRIPTION
remote shell
- -4, --ipv4
-
use only IPv4
- -6, --ipv6
-
use only IPv6
- -8, --8-bit
-
allows an eight-bit input data path at all times
- -d, --debug
-
turns on socket debugging (see setsockopt(2))
- -e, --escape=CHAR
-
allows user specification of the escape character (``~'' by default)
- -l, --user=USER
-
run as USER on the remote system
- -n, --no-input
-
use /dev/null as input
- -?, --help
-
give this help list
- --usage
-
give a short usage message
- -V, --version
-
print program version
Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options.
AUTHOR
Written by many authors.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <[email protected]>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
rshd(1)
The full documentation for rsh is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and rsh programs are properly installed at your site, the command
-
info rsh
should give you access to the complete manual.