Running batch file through SSH (CygWin) on Arch not returning output

themohawkninja · 07-15-2018, 10:22 AM

EDIT: Got it working! I now have a bash script that calls the test.bat file and does some text manipulation to pull what I want out of it, and that does output to the SSH terminal!

Hello,

There is a file called "test.bat" that I put in System32 (just so I don't have to type in full paths) which just outputs the current user's session ID. Running it on Windows works just fine, but when I SSH into the Windows machine from the Arch Linux box (via CygWin) and run it, I just get the "Press any key to continue" prompt.

Any ideas why this is the case?

Thank you,

pan64 · 07-15-2018, 11:37 AM

would be nice to give us some more details, especially the command you tried to execute (exactly).

themohawkninja · 07-15-2018, 11:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pan64

would be nice to give us some more details, especially the command you tried to execute (exactly).

Sorry, I figured that was implied through the OP. All I'm running is:

Code:

ssh root@192.168.0.2
test.bat

test.bat

Code:

@echo off
for /F "tokens=1,3 skip=1 delims= " %%a in ('query user') do if /i %%a==^>%username% echo %%b
pause

pan64 · 07-15-2018, 12:32 PM

Code:

@echo off

will switch off prompt

Code:

pause

will display that text: "Press any key to continue . . ." (including three dots)

that for command does not work on my windows 7, so I don't really know. Which [windows] version do you have installed?

scasey · 07-15-2018, 12:58 PM

Just to clarify...you're using ssh to connect to a windows pc?
And you have a user named root on that pc?

That for command doesn't work on Windows 10, either.

themohawkninja · 07-15-2018, 01:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pan64

Code:

@echo off

will switch off prompt

This matters when returning output through SSH?

Quote:

Originally Posted by pan64

Code:

pause

will display that text: "Press any key to continue . . ." (including three dots)

that for command does not work on my windows 7, so I don't really know. Which [windows] version do you have installed?

Windows 10. I do receive that end text in SSH.

themohawkninja · 07-15-2018, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scasey

Just to clarify...you're using ssh to connect to a windows pc?
And you have a user named root on that pc?

Yes and yes.

Quote:

Originally Posted by scasey

That for command doesn't work on Windows 10, either.

Given that on the Windows 10 machine, the script does give the desired output, I would disagree with that.

pan64 · 07-15-2018, 01:28 PM

as far as I see you run a different shell using ssh and using windows directly. What kind of sshd is installed?

scasey · 07-15-2018, 01:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by themohawkninja

Given that on the Windows 10 machine, the script does give the desired output, I would disagree with that.

OK. I'll correct my statement...that for line doesn't work on my Windows 10 PC.

themohawkninja · 07-15-2018, 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pan64

as far as I see you run a different shell using ssh and using windows directly. What kind of sshd is installed?

It's the CygWin variant of OpenSSH.