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by lqdc13 3429 days ago
Modern GNU/linux filemanagers support connecting to ssh server and browse and open and edit files just like they are local. You can do it in two seconds.

In ubuntu it's file -> connect to server -> type in ssh://username@ip

That's it you are done. You can now browse the files as if they are local and use sublime/gedit/VSCode/Pycharm/whatever you want
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therealmarv 3429 days ago
I like this answer. For everyone who wants to do this by commandline: Search for sshfs and FUSE (also possible on Mac with osxfuse). Only be aware that a mac uses a different kind of utf-8 than unix. My command I use for sshfs on a mac:

  sshfs -o Ciphers=aes128-gcm@openssh.com -o Compression=no -o reconnect \
  -o modules=iconv,from_code=utf-8,to_code=utf-8-mac \
  myremote:/somedirectory/ /mylocalmountdir
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Gorgor 3429 days ago
I'm not familiar with Macs. How is their UTF-8 different from the normal one? How is such a thing even possible?
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therealmarv 3428 days ago
I also thought the same, you would not recognize it most of the time (even while transferring). But I'm german and I use sometimes Umlauts in filenames/directories. They did not showed up in my Samba share so I got aware of this issue. I think this issue is too hidden.

If you want to read about this topic:

rsync: http://askubuntu.com/questions/533690/rsync-with-special-cha...

sshfs: https://github.com/osxfuse/sshfs/issues/14

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