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January 14, 2014 10:32
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This is a quick tip if you use an xserver that is running remotly and you want to set the DISPLAY enviroment variable when you login to the machine using ssh. It is actually very simple to do. When you use ssh it will automatically set the SSH_CLIENT enviroment variable to contain the client connection details eg the ip address port number etc..…
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| if [ ! $DISPLAY ] ; then | |
| if [ "$SSH_CLIENT" ] ; then | |
| export DISPLAY=`echo $SSH_CLIENT|cut -f1 -d\ `:0.0 | |
| fi | |
| fi |
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