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I'm on Mac using Terminal for a SSH connection a Linux server, but I guess this could apply for any OS/client.

If I'm using Terminal on my local machine I can open a file in a GUI application by doing open [appname] [filename].

Is it possible to make it that way when connected to a remote server via ssh as well?

I allready have the remote server mounted as drive, so it's accessible via /Volumes/my_server, so what I basically want to do is to, when "on the remote server" via ssh, be able to write something like openlocally [filename] which sends a command to my local terminal session, or whatever it has to be, that runs open [appname] [filename] locally.

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why don't you just open another terminal window or tab? – Nikolaus Gradwohl Jul 2 '10 at 11:54
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I don't have a mac to check right now, but the ssh manpage says there is an escaped key combination (~^Z) that sends the ssh client to the background. Did you try it ?

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Ah, didnt know about that one. Thanks! :) If I could create a script that would take one argument, run the ~^Z, run open [appname] $argument, and then return with fg that would be perfect. But I can't find any way to programatically trigger the suspense. Any ideas? – phobia Jul 2 '10 at 15:31
@phobia: quite possibly you would still have to ~^Z to run the script on your local computer in the first place. – David Zaslavsky Jul 2 '10 at 19:08
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