SSH remote file execution

[ggigk]

I want to run a file in a remote machine using SSH, without transferring the file to the remote machine.This file contains parameters to get input during execution in remote machine.

[atreyu]

Can you be more specific? I'm inclined to say "That's impossible", but maybe I just don't understand what you're trying to do.

[Rubberman]

This MAY be possible by filtering/piping the contents of the file into the ssh command, as in:

ssh [usual login stuff] <local-file-name

In any case, this is just a SWAG, since I haven't tried it myself... IE, it may not work at all. Do some experimenting to see. What's the worst thing that can happen? If you aren't logging in as root to the remote system, the worst is to nuke your own files there. Lesson? Backup early. Backup often. On both systems!

[Foreclosure]

Best way will be to upload your public ssh key to the remote machine. On the remote host, create a script that does whatever you want it to.

On your machine, create a cron job that automatically ssh's into the remote host, and executes the script

[nelop]

I once had a similar problem and ended up setting up all my machines so they could automount a scripts dir. Then its just a matter of triggering the script through ssh.

If I was to do something like this again I might have a look at puppet.