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copy `ls -al` from a server to local txt file
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#!/bin/bash
# ssh into server
ssh server@wherever.com
# cd to path
cd /where/you/want/
# list everything in a vertical list
ls -al
# copy the `ls -al` output and save to a file locally
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s10wen commented Jul 22, 2014

Thanks to https://github.com/mathiasbynens for this nice solution:

If all you need is ls -al output, run ssh host 'ls -al /some/path' > foo.txt on your local machine.

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