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I know of the scp command to copy files from my local machine to a remote machine. What is a similar command to view the directories in a remote machine? I mean a 

 ls -l

shows the files in my local unix machine. How can I view the directories in a remote unix machine? I tried

ls -l <username>@ip_address

but doesn't work

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Use ssh for remote commands-:

ssh <username>@ip_address <command>

E.g.

ssh  <username>@ip_address ls -l <dir>
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    You could even do ssh username@remotehost then type interactive commands on the remotehost terminal; type exit to quit the remote shell and get back to the local machine.
    – Basile Starynkevitch
    Apr 28, 2013 at 20:02

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