thanks for the quick responses.... what I meant is like to have duplicate files on two systems and then make the files the same. On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Carruth, Rusty < Rusty.Carruth@smartstoragesys.com> wrote: > Fast answer: > > > > ssh me@foosystem ‘cat the_Remote_file’ >> localfile**** > > ** ** > > Explanation:**** > > ** ** > > On system ‘foosystem’ (as me), cat the file. On this > system, append that stream of bytes to ‘localfile’.**** > > ** ** > > Should you want to ‘tail –f’ the file on ‘foosystem’, change ‘cat’ to > ‘tail –f’. (Or grep, or …)**** > > ** ** > > Rusty**** > > ** ** > > .**** > > ** ** > > *From:* plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto: > plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] *On Behalf Of *Michael > Havens > *Sent:* Friday, April 27, 2012 1:05 PM > *To:* Main PLUG discussion list > *Subject:* merge documents with scp**** > > ** ** > > is there a way to tell scp to add any appended text to an existing > document? (that's called 'merge', right?) > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-:**** > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: