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remote_html_viewing.sh
# View remote html on your local box
#
# The following snippet will open a local firefox
# with the contents of a remote html file. The
# assumption is you have an ssh server running
# locally. It would also help if you have ssh keys
# set coming and going.
ssh -R 10999:localhost:22 justinlilly.com
TRANS_FILE='/tmp/myfile.html' ssh localhost -p 10999 "scp justinlilly.com:$TRANS_FILE /tmp/tmp.html && firefox --display=:0.0 file:///tmp/tmp.html; rm /tmp/tmp.html"
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