# ssh $HOST "cat > /tmp/script" << ! rm -f /tmp/files /tmp/contents sudo find $TARGET_DIR -name \'$TARGET_FILE\' > /tmp/files || exit $? sudo cat /tmp/files | cpio -oBO /tmp/contents --format ustar" || exit $? bzip2 -9 -c /tmp/contents || exit $? exit 0 ! # ssh $HOST "sudo sh /tmp/script"