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Need help writing a batch file to ssh into a linux box and run a command

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kyle mechlachlan

kyle mechlachlan

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Scenario:
I have a Linux computer that I have a program on that I want to remotely run from my Windows computer. This is all happening locally within my own network.

I have enabled SSH on the box and I can connect to it in putty and I can remotely initiate it using my command...

However I want to be able to create a batch file that will do it in one click.

Is there a way to do this? I essentially want to initiate the SSH, login, navigate to a directory and run a command in a single click of a batch file. Is this possible?
 
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I don't fuck with .bat, but here's a basic shell script
Code: 
#!/bin/sh
ssh <host> sh -c 'cd <dir>; <command>'

E: If you need to use putty, maybe this.
 
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kyle mechlachlan

kyle mechlachlan

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Oct 27, 2017
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Trouble said:
I don't fuck with .bat, but here's a basic shell script
Code: 
#!/bin/sh
ssh <host> sh -c 'cd <dir>; <command>'

E: If you need to use putty, maybe this.
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I don't necessarily need putty. I can also ssh from CMD as well. Either works.

I'm not sure how to run a shell script from Windows? I created the script and named it .sh?
 
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Fistfulofmetal said:
I don't necessarily need putty. I can also ssh from CMD as well. Either works.

I'm not sure how to run a shell script from Windows? I created the script and named it .sh?
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No idea if shell scripts work in the regular windows shell these days, but probably not. Should work using WSL.

You should be able to create a .bat using the same ssh command if you have an ssh binary that you can run from the cli.
 
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