From: phlip <phlip2005@...>
Date: 2008-07-05T19:56:40+09:00
Subject: Re: Open a remote file and edit it

Paul Donaghy wrote:

> Guys i want to open a file on another machine lets say test.txt, read it
> find (grep) for example the text "localhost" and replace it with a
> machine name and then close the file. I can connect to the machine using
> ssh or sftp but as far editing a file I'm not sure how to.
> 
> Any help much appreciated.

require 'net/ssh'
require 'net/sftp'

  Net::SSH.start( 'server', 'user', 'password' ) do |session|
    session.sftp.connect do |sftp|
      #  use sftp to pull the file to a local copy
      #  perform string surgery on the local copy
      #  and use sftp.put_file to copy it back
    end
end