With xx you have a network wide shell based clip board for files and
STDIN/STDOUT: easy data exchange between different accounts on different
hosts.

  usage: send file(s):          xx file...
     or: send STDIN:            xx -
     or: send pipe:             ... | xx
     or: get file(s) or STDIN:  xx
     or: get file(s) quickly:   xx --


Pipe example:

  framstag@tandem:~: uname -a | xx
  /home/framstag/.fex/tmp/STDFEX : 0 kB in 1 s (0 kB/s)


  framstag@fex:~: xx
  transfered: 0 MB (100%)
  Linux tandem 2.6.24-28-server #1 SMP Wed Aug 18 22:01:20 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux


File transfer example:

  framstag@tandem:~: xx /boot/
  making tar transfer file /home/framstag/.fex/tmp/STDFEX :
  /boot/
  /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-27-generic
  /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-28-generic
  (...)
  /boot/System.map-2.6.24-27-generic
  /home/framstag/.fex/tmp/STDFEX : 34 MB in 2 s (17605 kB/s)


  framstag@fex:/tmp: xx
  transfered: 34 MB (100%)
  Files in transfer-container:

  drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2010-10-20 07:37 boot/
  -rw-r--r-- root/root   7905085 2010-05-25 15:38 boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-27-generic
  -rw-r--r-- root/root   1927544 2010-10-16 20:38 boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-28-generic
  (...)
  -rw-r--r-- root/root    906803 2010-03-24 14:33 boot/System.map-2.6.24-27-generic

  Extract these files?


One problem are shared system accounts like root where different persons
use them: xx (like fexsend and fexget) uses $HOME/.fex/id which contains
personal data.

But you can put the ID authorization in the environment variable FEXID.

fexsend on your local account gives you a string for "cut and paste", example:

  framstag@moep:~: fexsend -I
  export FEXID='fex.rus.uni-stuttgart.de:8080 framstag jmBhf9ht'
  history -d $(history 1);history -d $(history 1)

You then copy these two lines with your mouse into the root account:

  root@tandem:~# export FEXID'=fex.rus.uni-stuttgart.de:8080 framstag jmBhf9ht'
  root@tandem:~# history -d $(history 1);history -d $(history 1)

(The second line deletes these two lines from the bash history)

Now you can use xx (or fexsend and fexget) as normal. Example:

  root@tandem:~# grep sshd /var/log/daemon | xx
  transfered: 265 kB in 1 s (265 kB/s)

  framstag@moep:~: xx | wc -l
  434279


After logging out from root@tandem the F*EX authorization data has gone.


Internal details:

The intermediate transfer file container is $HOME/.fex/tmp/STDFEX

When transfering files tar/gzip format is used, whereas STDIN (pipe) will
be transfered uncompressed. Tip: If you want to transfer files uncompress,
then use: tar cvf - your files... | xx

With default usage only one "storage slot" is available: STDFEX
But you can use as many "storage slots" as you want by using "xx :TAG"
Examples:

  uname -a | xx

  grep sshd /var/log/daemon | xx :log

  xx :log | grep obertux

  xx :config /boot /etc /root

  xx :config --