Sending data to a script over SSH

Dave Korn dave.korn.cygwin@googlemail.com
Wed Jul 1 07:38:00 GMT 2009


Chap Harrison wrote:

> I'm wondering how to send a script invocation followed by the clipboard
> data that the script will read and transform.  I know how to use ssh to
> send a command to a remote system; I can do that from DOS.  But is there
> any way to say "run this command and, by the way, the data it needs is
> right behind it"?  Sort of like an input redirection with a HERE-doc, to
> put it very loosely?

  SSh is a full bidirectional pipe, connected to the remote process.  You can
use any kind of redirection you like

< ... commands ... > | ssh user@host <scriptname>

ssh <file user@host <scriptname>

getclip | ssh user@host <scriptname> | putclip


  You might like to check the man page of those last two commands while you're
at it ;-)

  *doubletake*  Err, I mean, you might like to check the --help output from
them.  Couldn't find any documentation anywhere.

    cheers,
      DaveK


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