Search Text File for String on Remote Computer

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January 17th, 2013, 12:14 PM

stonkers

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Search Text File for String on Remote Computer

I'm trying to figure out how I can search for any occurance of a specific string in a text file on a remote computer. My OS is redhat 5. The following is a way, but not so sure it's the best way:

Code:

my $rc = `ssh -q machineName "cat /tmp/file.txt" | grep TextToSearch`;
if ($rc}
{
  print "found your string";
}
else
{
   print "no such string";
}

Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Eric

January 18th, 2013, 01:21 AM

Laurent_R

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If it works, fine for you. After all, it is quite simple.

But it is usually better and more powerfil to use specialized CPAN modules rather than system commands. Take a look at the

Code:

Net::SSH

module.

January 18th, 2013, 08:17 AM

FishMonger

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Another option would be File::Remote

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