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user1677885
user1677885

Reputation: 21

escape character with ssh

I'm trying to write several commands trought ssh connection bue I got problem with escape characters. Below an example of what I'd like to do:

/usr/bin/ssh mrtg@172.20.29.40 echo -e "ciao\nprova"

I got this result:

ciaonprova

instead of:

ciao
prova

if I use -e option for ssh:

/usr/bin/ssh -e mrtg@172.20.29.40  echo -e 'ciao\nprova'

I receive this error:

Bad escape character 'mrtg@172.20.29.40'.

Can someone give me a suggestion to let remote server interpret escape characters?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 14899

Answers (1)

Matteo
Matteo

Reputation: 14940

The -e option has nothing to do with your command (these are SSH escape characters, not shell).

You can just put your command in quotes:

/usr/bin/ssh mrtg@172.20.29.40 'echo -e "ciao\nprova"'

Upvotes: 2

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