Unix: Chat for two


Chat for Two:
Features: Minimalistic, Colored, Extensible ;-)
Both have to have ssh access to a ssh server.

Setup:
$ ssh user@server
# mkfifo Ain
# mkfifo Aout

A does:
ssh user@server ‘cat Ain|while read line; do echo -e “\x1B[00;34m$line\x1B[00m”; done & cat > Aout’

B does:
ssh user@server ‘cat Aout|while read line; do echo -e “\x1B[00;34m$line\x1B[00m”; done & cat > Ain’

Also possible with putty…

Tip: For giving someone else access to your account, you should grant him/her by his/her certificate, instead of giving away your password.

Tip: If you two have both different accounts, you can chmod the fifos to share them.

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