How to pass arguments in remote ssh command

Question

I am trying to run the shell script in the remote host , with this i also want to pass some arguments. my local host shell scripts is below

pwd
echo $0
echo $1
echo $2
echo thanku everyone!!

To run this script am using the command

ssh user@server 'ksh' < ./code

I want to pass arguments with this command. please clarify me in this..

Thanks in advance.

Would it be possible to store the script on the remote server? — Tobias
– Tobias, Commented Jan 8, 2014 at 12:27
I am not storing. just running the shell script from local to remote host. — xxxxxxxxxx
– xxxxxxxxxx, Commented Jan 8, 2014 at 12:53

Tobias · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-09 12:36:02Z

1

You can't pass parameters because you are starting ksh and using ./code as it's standard input.

But you can set an environment variable and then use it as command line, watch!

ichramm@wilderkrieger:~$ cat code
function run() {
    echo $1;
    echo $2;
}

run $COMMAND_LINE

ichramm@wilderkrieger:~$ ssh localhost 'COMMAND_LINE="hello world" ksh' < ./code
hello
world

edited Jan 9, 2014 at 12:36

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3 Comments

xxxxxxxxxx Over a year ago

No its not working. ssh user@host 'COMMAND_LINE="hello world" ksh' < ./thur1 I used like this and my code is function run(){ echo $1; echo $2; } run $COMMAND_LINE While running this code in host machine. its showing the following error syntax error : '(' unexpected. please clarify me in this.. thanks..

xxxxxxxxxx Over a year ago

-> please clarify me for the above comment.

ichramm Over a year ago

That's because my run() is a bash function, while you need a ksh function Just remove the parenthesis.

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