Passing a script over SSH with arguments

Question

I trying to pass a Perl script over SSH that takes arguments. I works fine like this:

returnValue=$(ssh myuser$server 'perl -s' < /path/to/my/script)

However, if I add some arguments

returnValue=$(ssh myuser$server 'perl -s' < '/path/to/my/script -some argument')

I get an error "/path/to/my/script -some argument: no such file or directory".

Does anyone know how to do this?

Thanks!

did you tried $(ssh myuser$server 'perl -s' < /path/to/my/script -some argument) ? — zed_0xff
– zed_0xff, Commented Jan 10, 2013 at 9:03
Yes, It returns info about perl. "This is perl, v5.8.8 built for x86_64-linux-thread-multi....." — user1758367
– user1758367, Commented Jan 10, 2013 at 9:13

salva · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-10 09:22:33Z

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ssh myuser@server perl -s - -some -arguments </path/to/my/script

answered Jan 10, 2013 at 9:22

salva

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Looks as if it should work, so +1 from me although I didn't test it.

zed_0xff · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-10 09:15:41Z

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returnValue=$(/path/to/my/script -some argument | ssh myuser$server 'perl -s')

answered Jan 10, 2013 at 9:15

zed_0xff

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This pipes the output of the script via ssh, not the script itself.