Directly Editing Files While SSH'ing with Remote Atom

This article introduces how to directly edit files while SSH’ing using the rmate command.

Xserver only allows vi, and since it's a rental server, you can't use sudo or apt. To directly edit files from SSH, you can use WinSCP or "Remote Atom".

• rmate setup. The path is arbitrary if `$PATH` is set. curl -o /usr/local/bin/rmate https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aurora/rmate/master/rmate sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/rmate
• $apm install remote-atom
• Restart
• Configure startup settings in Remote Atom Settings > Edit
• Restart
• Execute SSH with -R. e.g. ssh -R 52698:localhost:52698 -p 10022 -i /mnt/c/download/ident.key [email protected]
• rmate /home/user/text.md => File opens in Atom

References:

• http://qiita.com/informationsea/items/d2576b1ab678965d9a02
• https://atom.io/packages/remote-atom