SSH – How to Use Inline SSH Command

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Is it possible to do a simple inline style SSH command, for example:

ssh foo@bar.com { cd foo/bar && rm *.foobar }

Best Answer

Should you want to execute cd foo/bar && rm *.foobar on the remote machine, simply do 

ssh foo@bar.com  'cd foo/bar && rm *.foobar'

and see man ssh...

ssh [-1246AaCfgkMNnqsTtVvXxY] [-b bind_address] [-c cipher_spec] [-D
[bind_address:]port] [-e escape_char] [-F configfile]
[-i identity_file] [-L   [bind_address:]port:host:hostport]
[-l login_name] [-m mac_spec] [-O ctl_cmd] [-o option] [-p port] [-R
[bind_address:]port:host:hostport] [-S ctl_path] [-w tunnel:tunnel
[user@]hostname [command]

The parts you want:

ssh [user@]hostname [command]
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