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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I guess that might be one way to go.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>However, I just realized on reading it on
the list that my last response (and the test I did that generated it) had a
typo. I had added “/log” after the variable but it is part of the
variable so expansion was making it …/log/log/… instead of just …/log/…
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>On retesting without the typo it seems to
work with the double quotes. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Apparently in one of my earlier iterations
(where I was doing something much more convoluted) I’d tried the double
quotes and they didn’t work so I hadn’t tried them after I got more
or less the right syntax (without variables).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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ale-bounces@ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Jerald Sheets<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, April 09, 2009
1:03 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts -
Yes! We run Linux!<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [ale] Using locally
defined variable in ssh command line toremote host?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Is using expect and
funneling your commands through an Expect script an option? <br>
<br>
--j<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Jeff Lightner <<a
href="mailto:jlightner@water.com">jlightner@water.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Yes. Because when I use the double quotes it tries to list the
files on<br>
the local host rather than the remote one so results in:<br>
<br>
ls: /felix/preprod/jboss/server/default/log/log/webserver.log*: No such<br>
file or directory<br>
<br>
As I said I've tried various quoting, escaping, eval methods. The issue<br>
is they all make it either pass the variable (not its value) to the<br>
other side so it doesn't know the value or they evaluate parts of the<br>
command locally where they have no relevance.<br>
<br>
It just seems really odd to me that ssh doesn't have something built in<br>
that would allow it to process a locally defined variable on the remote<br>
side. I see many have asked the question but didn't see any obvious<br>
solution.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: <a href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org">ale-bounces@ale.org</a> [mailto:<a
href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org">ale-bounces@ale.org</a>] On Behalf Of JK<br>
Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 12:20 PM<br>
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!<br>
Subject: Re: [ale] Using locally defined variable in ssh command line to<br>
remote host?<br>
<br>
Jeff Lightner wrote:<br>
> Question:<br>
><br>
> How can I create a variable in a script such that defining it on<br>
> originating host allows me to feed it its value into the ssh command<br>
> line on remote host?<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Details:<br>
><br>
> I'm trying to do something like this:<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> #!bin/bash<br>
><br>
> REMSERVER=billybob<br>
><br>
> REMLOGDIR=/felix/preprod/jboss/server/default/log<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> ssh $REMSERVER 'sh -c "ls -tr ${REMLOGDIR}/webserver.log*
|xargs grep<br>
<br>
> -hA 10 DEBUG"'<br>
<br>
<br>
Hmmm. Problem is, your variable is inside a single-quoted string, so it<br>
isn't getting expanded on the local host. Is there a specific reason<br>
you're not just saying<br>
<br>
ssh $REMSERVER "ls -tr ${REMLOGDIR}/webserver.log* |xargs grep<br>
-hA 10 DEBUG"<br>
<br>
?<br>
<br>
<br>
-- JK<br>
<br>
--<br>
A closed mouth gathers no feet.<br>
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