On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 15:08 +0000, rado wrote: > hi guys! > ssh already keyed for passwordless. > from shell prompt I can: > > # ssh host2 > > the shell in host 2 is spawned and am now at host2's prompt. > > # run command > I want the exit code from what I just ran > > # exit > back at prompt in host1. > > that's it! cake huh? > > ok in a script: > > it stops at the prompt as soon as it spawns the shell in host 2 > > how to make it continue on in the script? > > also, since it's virgin territory for me. > > can I indeed just capture the exit code for a return value that I can > pass on to the calling script, or if I decide, just to write the code > inside the main script? ssh user@host "command" user is your username on the remote host. host is the host you are logging into. "command" is a single or multiple commands you want run on the remote host. Thomas
