unix utility that reads files into memory?

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I am using Ruby's net-ssh library to remotely execute shell commands. I would like to read a few files into memory rather than simply transfer them via SCP/SFTP. Can can I do this?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 07 '10 at 19:25

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If you use wc or ls to find the size, you can use cat to get the data out, then read the right number of bytes.

answered Oct 07 '10 at 19:25

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unix utility that reads files into memory?

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