[thelist] OT? Making same modification to large number of files
Stephen Rider
evolt_org at striderweb.com
Tue Feb 13 16:12:39 CST 2007
On Feb 9, 2007, at 4:11 AM, Barney Carroll wrote:
> NB: I need to do this over an ssh connection, which I imagine is a
> significant hurdle for most apps.
I missed this in my previous response: I don't think BBEdit will do
it over SSH.
BUT... (hang on tightly, we're getting into major Geek territory
here...) there's an interesting open-source project out there called
FUSE, which allows for alternate filesystems. A bit hard to explain,
but in essence it will allow you (for example) to open an SSH
connection, ***and have that appear as local files using an custom
"SSH FileSystem"***
I think if you use this to connect to the SSH server, you can then
use BBEdit's multi-file capability to do what you want.
<http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/>
Note you want the MacFUSE Core and the sshfs downloads.
Also note that FUSE is Beta, so it could theoretically <egon>cause
your computer to explode inward at the speed of light,
instantaneously ending all life as we know it.</egon> But, y'know...
probably not.
Steve
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