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Commenting out a line item in a text file that my bash .sh file refers to
I have an ssh .sh bash script file i'm running on a cron to check website status. The bash script (when ran) refers to a local txt file for a list of websites to check if they're down or up. ...
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Multiple ssh sessions with different users
I am writing a script that connects to multiple servers which uses 3 different users.
#!/bin/ksh
server1=("abc1" "abc2")
server2=("abc3" "abc4")
server3=("...
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Testing for dir via ssh script - nothing happens
I usually run server scripts like this, with a here-document.
But when I test if a directory exists, the script continues even though the test fails -- why?
ssh $user@$ip /bin/bash <<SCRIPT
if [...
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Two ssh output as awk input
I have two remote servers that I am trying to ssh and cat some files.. I want to input the output of the ssh to a awk command.
This is what I have got
ssh username@host1 “cat /tmp/test/*” ssh ...
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How do I make a .bashrc shell function interactive?
eshark() {
ssh root@$1 'tcpdump -i $2 port 5060 -vv -s0 -Uw - ' | sudo tshark --interface - --print -w $3.pcapng
}
When I run this, on a Linux machine, it says capturing on stdin whereas when I run ...
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How to execute local script (which executes another local script) in remote machine
I've written some script which looks like the following
main.sh
ls
./os.sh
os.sh
cat /etc/os-release
executing like
ssh user@serverA "bash -s" < ./main.sh "hi" "bye"
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How to use heredoc inside my ssh command
I have a bash script that connects to a remote machine via SSH and runs a series of commands.
It seems that the heredoc within the outer script is not aligning properly, and I keep getting an error.
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How to make a script to forward commands to an SSH server?
I have a remote SSH server with several custom utilities for my work. However, there are times when I feel lazy and don't want to start a full SSH session just to execute a single command.
This ...
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scp returns No such file or directory in script but executes when run manually [duplicate]
For context, I need to use a custom command to build an identity file so I can ssh successfully. I've renamed it because it's an internal tool and want to avoid NDA issues. You can consider it as a ...
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Non-interactive way to connect via SSH (possible options)
I am trying to create a generic bash script to connect to the remote server via SSH using a non-interactive approach (using sshpass). All I need to know is the possible way to connect via SSH.
So far, ...
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Can't get list of files in directory in pam_exec.so script
I'm running a custom script on every ssh login to notify me if there was an a login by an unknown IP address that has not been added to a custom whitelist. I'm using pam_exec.so to check for this ...
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ssh password prompt message not showing in bash script
I am checking ssh connection through bash script
echo -e "Checking if you have setup a key for serve ssh connection ..."
timeout 5s ssh uname@host 'exit'
if [ $? -eq 0 ];
then
echo -e &...
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Shell script to login to remote server and execute further commands
I am automating something with Shell Script. And as a part of this, I need shell script to ssh to a remote server, change the hostname of remote server, modify a folder name keeping its contents as it ...
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How to get the PID of a program executed in a bash script with remote linux
I'm on a Mac computer accessing by ssh a linux machine to run simulations. I'm currently running multiple commands in parallel (I put them in background with &), when they finish I extract the ...
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ssh to a remote server and run a set of commands
I have 3 commands that i need to run on a remote server.
The 2 commands are simple version checks and 3rd command is basically a short program that checks version of my database. This is how it goes
#!...
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