[ale] Handy little script others may have a use for too...

[MikeS at McBurney.com (Michael Still)]

Wait a sec, I just do 'ssh -X host' and X is automatic.  No DISPLAY playing.

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From: da Black Baron [mailto:dbaron13 at atl.bellsouth.net]
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 4:41 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: [ale] Handy little script others may have a use for too...



## Add this to your .profile, and you'll not have to set your display
## for remote X-apps when you ssh into your box!


display=$(env | grep SSH_CLIENT)

display1=${display##SSH_CLIENT=}

display2=${display1%%22}

display3=${display2%%??????}

DISPLAY=$display3':0' export DISPLAY

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