Fun quick project - SSH chat thing

Psst! Let’s say you’re, a kid who is, setting up a pretend office. Shhh! You’ll want a computer. And you’ll want that computer to be able to send messages to your adults. And get messages from them? Here’s what to tell your adult! SSH into a computer that you both can access. This could even be your computer! If you're on a mac, click the Apple in the upper left > Sys Settings > Sharing > Remote Login (checked). $ ssh meh@coputar.local Paste this bash loop that appends a new message to the chat file every time you press enter. while :; do read input; echo $input >> chat.txt; done Open another terminal window, ssh in (again) and live-view the chat feed. tail -f chat.txt New messages will appear in this window. Now go back to the other window and type your message! Do the above on every computer you want to be on the chat. iPhones can use ShellFish and on Android looks like Termux is a good option. If you have more than two chatters, everyone can add their name to see who said what.…

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