Unix Tip: WHAT TIME IS IT REMOTELY?

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WHAT TIME IS IT REMOTELY?

To get time on a remote UNIX machine within the same domain, you can use the command:

% telnet 13

Trying ...
Connected to
Escape character is '^]'.
Fri Aug 27 19:20:27 1999
Connection closed by foreign host.

You can create a handy alias for the following command to get the remote time:

telnet 13 | grep :

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