[SOLVED] Single command to run multiple commands on ssh

knspradeep · 10-14-2013, 06:58 AM

Hello Team,

I have an requirement to run multiple commands over ssh.
1.I need to connect one server using ssh
2.Then i need to run sftp username@ip
3.Then I want to download single *.zip file to local dir and then i want to scp fetch that file from remote server to my local machine.

i know the individual commands but i need to run with single or couple commands
I am new to scripting kindly help me

zhjim · 10-14-2013, 07:07 AM

Okay first and foremost we have to thinkabout how we get the login to succed if run from script. If you want to use a password take a look into expect.
Else setup passwordless ssh login with private public key pair. There are more than enough tuts on the net for this.

For the actual scripting you can pass a command to be executed at the remote machine to ssh. If you want to run multiple commands you can use either a script on the remote machine or use ; to tell the shell that this commands end. After the ; comes another command to be run.

So the script could look like this

Code:

#!/bin/bash
ssh sshusername@sshserver "sftp-binary sftpuser@sftpserver remote_filename localfilename
scp sshusername@sshserver localfilename targetfilename

First line is a magic shebang that tells the shell which program it is to use to interpret the rest of the content.
second line connects to sshserver with the user sshusername and runs the comman sftp-binary to download the file from the sftpserver to the sshserver.
Next line uses scp to copy file from sshserver to your local machine.

Check the bash scripting guide on tldp.org to get a grip of shell scripting.

knspradeep · 10-14-2013, 07:16 AM

Thank you very much sir

Robhogg · 10-14-2013, 07:35 AM

You can run more than one command over an SSH connection by separating them with semi-colons:

Code:

ssh -i/path/to/key/file user@host 'command1; command2; commamd3'

scp is generally easier to use non-interactively than sftp, but you can use a "here document" in a script:

Code:

sftp -i/path/to/key/file user@host <<-END
command1
command2
command3
END

You will probably also want to set up a public/private key pair and use these to authenticate with the server (rather than a password). Run ssh-keygen -b2048 to generate these (don't enter a password), then transfer the public key file (ending ".pub") to the server. Append the contents of this to /home/user/.ssh/authorized_keys (or create this file, if it doesn't exist) and you should now be able to connect without entering the password by passing the location of the other (private key) file to ssh using the -i parameter. Make sure the private key file is stored securely (it should only ever be readable by your user).

knspradeep · 10-14-2013, 07:37 AM

zhjim Sir while executing it showing sftp-binary command not found can u please help me

pan64 · 10-14-2013, 07:40 AM

sftp-binary should be replaced by your actual sftp executable (with full path)