Bash – Can and how do you run a command on a remote server via a bash script

You can pass a script and have it execute ephemerally by piping it in and executing a shell.

e.g.

echo "ls -l; echo 'Hello World'" | ssh me@myserver /bin/bash

Naturally, the "ls -l; echo 'Hello World'" part could be replaced with a bash script stored in a file on the local machine.

e.g.

cat script.sh | ssh me@myserver /bin/bash

Cheers!

I don't think a command or shell builtin for this exists, as it's a trivial subset of what the Bourne shell for loop is designed for and implementing a command like this yourself is therefore quite simple.

Per JimB's suggestion, use the Bash builtin for generating sequences:

for i in {1..10}; do command; done

For very old versions of bash, you can use the seq command:

for i in `seq 10`; do command; done

This iterates ten times executing command each time - it can be a pipe or a series of commands separated by ; or &&. You can use the $i variable to know which iteration you're in.

If you consider this one-liner a script and so for some unspecified (but perhaps valid) reason undesireable you can implement it as a command, perhaps something like this on your .bashrc (untested):

#function run
run() {
    number=$1
    shift
    for i in `seq $number`; do
      $@
    done
}

Usage:

run 10 command

Example:

run 5 echo 'Hello World!'