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Pass ssh remote command from bash to zsh
I am running a remote putty session from windows to my Red Hat Enterprise Linux server.
Due to company restrictions, I am unable to change my Linux user's default shell from bash to zsh. I instead ...
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Can I pass a subsequent script execution to an established ssh connection shell
I want to execute a script portion after a successful ssh connection has been established. I'd like to make it easier for me to tail a log file with a script I am trying to write.
Here is the script ...
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Passing env variables to a ssh connection
I want to pass enviromental variables to a ssh connection. They should be passed dynamically, therefore hard-coding them into the config file of ssh
won't work for me.
I've tried this:
AAA="...
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Source a file after ssh login drops to prompt
One-liner question: How do I automatically source a remote file on remote host after logging in via SSH via a bastion host?
I need to source a file containing a list of aliases + shell user defined ...
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bash like autocompletion for ssh command in zsh shell with /etc/hosts file?
zsh is great so far.
I am using zsh-completions but still I am unable to get autocompletion for ssh commands like in bash as shown in below screenshot:
How to get hostnames from /etc/hosts for ssh | ...
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Multi-user env, SSH ZSH - command not found: shopt
I just installed ZSH on a remote server where we are 2 "admins".
I switched my default shell to ZSH with chsh -s $(which zsh). echo $SHELL gives the output /usr/bin/zsh which proves it.
But, when I ...
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connect to ssh and execute command in spite of changing shells after login
I am trying to connect to a server via ssh and then execute a command.
So far so simple.
The twist is that on that server, I start zsh from my bash. So in my .bashrc I have the command:
exec /bin/...
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$SHELL in tmux is different than $SHELL in the shell that I launched it from
Been wrestling with this for a few hours and it’s driving me crazy. When I SSH into my machine at home, my default shell is zsh. I can confirm this with echo $SHELL, which outputs /usr/bin/zsh
When I ...
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Proper way to code dry run option without having to repeat myself?
I'm coding a script that goes and searches for files on a remote server and transfers them back to my local computer. I want to be able to do a dry run first, so I know which files I'm bringing back.
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What happens if a users default shell is not installed?
I work as a sysadmin in a large company and have to maintain several windows and Linux (Ubuntu 16.04) VMs. Since I want to use zsh instead of bash on the Linux VMs, I have to change my default shell.
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Why doesn't the process substitution <() work with ssh -F
I have some vagrant virtual machines. To log into them I issue the vagrant ssh command. I want to log into them using regular ssh command. The vagrant ssh-config outputs the suitable config file
$ ...
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Bash Auto-Completion feature for SSHing into Different Hosts
I have big list of servers which I normally ssh to all the time. Is there any way using bash or zsh so that I can keep the list of hostname and bash auto-completion goes through the file and gives me ...
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scp, globbing, and different shells
The other day at work I tried doing
scp remotehost:~/*.txt .
and I received an error about the *, *.txt file not found sorry, not at work and I forget the exact error
on my workstation I run zsh 4....
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