[donotprint][/donotprint]ssh user1@server1 command1
ssh user1@server1 'command2'
ssh user1@server1 'command1 | command2'

The ssh client will login to a server called server1, using user name called user1 and run a command call command1.

Examples: run commands over ssh

Get remote server date and time:

ssh user1@server1 date

Find out remote server disk space usage:

ssh user1@server1 'df -H'

Find out remote server kernel version and Linux distro names:

ssh root@nas01 uname -mrs

OR

ssh root@nas01 lsb_release -a

Sample session:

Run a script called /scripts/backup.sh:

ssh operator@oracle1  '/scripts/backup.sh'

Run sudo or su command using the following syntax:

## sudo syntax ##
ssh -t user@hostname sudo command
ssh -t user@hostname 'sudo command1 arg1 arg2'
 
 
## su syntax ##
ssh user@nas01 su -c "/path/to/command1 arg1 arg2"
 
# RHEL/CentOS specific #
ssh user@nas01 su --session-command="/path/to/command1 arg1 arg2"
ssh vivek@nixcraft.home.server su --session-command="/sbin/service httpd restart"

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