ptcat
SUT cat
Description
ptcat concatenates files from several hosts to the standard output.
Command Line Arguments
ptcat [-m <machine_file>|-M <machine_list>] [-nbsuveth] [<file1> <file2> <file3>...]
- -m <machine_file>
-
Specify a file with a list of destination machines. It is incorrect
to use this with the -M option. This option must preceed all others.
- -M <machine_list>
-
Specify a list of destination machines. The entire list must be
surrounded by quotes. It is incorrect to use this with the -m option.
This option must preceed all others.
. -nbsuvet - same as for cat(1)
- -h
- print the hostname as a header for the output from each host
- [<file1> <file2> <file3>...]
- the list of files to concatenate
Environment Variables
- PT_MACHINE_FILE
-
If PT_MACHINE_FILE is set, the command will attempt to open the file
whose name is stored in PT_MACHINE_FILE. This will be used if neither
the -m or -M options are given.
Examples
To concatenate the contents of the file "/etc/passwd" to the standard output
on the machines specified in the file "destination_machines" use
ptcat -m destination_machines /etc/passwd
To do the same concatenation, specifying the machines on the command line, use
ptcat -M "host1 host2 host3" /etc/passwd
To concatenate the contents of the file "/etc/passwd" to the standard output
with the hostname preceeding each line printed, use
ptcat -m destination_machines -h /etc/passwd
See Also
cat(1), SUT(1)
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