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ssh-copy-rsub - allows you to easily copy the remote script to your server using the same syntax as ssh-copy-id
#!/bin/sh -e
#
# Usage: ssh-copy-rsub [--bash] [user@]machine
#
# Shell script to install rsub on the remove server so we can open shell scripts locally.
# Author: Leon Radley (http://github.com/leon)
URL="https://raw.github.com/avian/rmate/master/rmate"
if [ "$#" -gt 1 ] || [ "$1" = "-b" ] || [ "$1" = "--bash" ]; then
shift
URL="https://raw.github.com/aurora/rmate/master/rmate"
fi
if [ "$#" -lt 1 ] || [ "$1" = "-h" ] || [ "$1" = "--help" ]; then
cat <<EOF
Usage: $0 [--bash] [user@]machine
# Install Sublime Text plugin
https://github.com/Drarok/rsub
# Setup ssh for easy access
edit ~/.ssh/config
# The automatic forwarding
RemoteForward 52698 localhost:52698
# Standard user, so you can do ssh servername instead of root@servername
User root
# Custom aliases
Host myalias
HostName myserver.mydomain.com
User myuser
EOF
exit 1
fi
wget --quiet -O - "${URL}" | ssh ${1%:} 'umask 077; test -d /usr/local/bin || mkdir -p /usr/local/bin; cat > /usr/local/bin/rsub; chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/rsub' || exit 1
cat <<EOF
Installation complete!
For more information run $0 --help
EOF
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shaneog commented May 31, 2012

https://raw.github.com/aurora/rmate/master/rmate.sh should now be https://raw.github.com/aurora/rmate/master/rmate

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leon commented May 31, 2012

Thanks! I've updated the gist :)

@jeffbyrnes
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FYI, the URL for the Ruby version has changed; it's now a gem, but it could still be installed directly from https://raw.github.com/textmate/rmate/master/bin/rmate.

@simondahla
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Don't forget to set the premissions to get it working

sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/ssh-copy-rsub 

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