Executing commands on a remote server by using a local script

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Executing commands on a remote server by using a local script

Sometimes you will need to execute commands on a remote server routinely but you don't want them to be scheduled. This material will guide you in doing it.

Prepared script

prepared_bash_script.sh - a sample bash/shell script that is in the local machine.

In the example it simply echos the first argument value when the script was executed.

Output

Hello world

Execution

executable.sh - a sample bash/shell script that calls for a canned/prepared script

In the example it simply executes the prepared_bash_script.sh by passing the argument Hello world. The prepared script will be executed on the server host and as user user.

executable.sh

#!/bin/bash
ssh -i key.pem user@host 'bash -s' < "prepared_bash_script.sh" "Hello world"

prepared_bash_script.sh

echo "$1"