ssh in bash script

[Trevor "TeC" Christian]

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?
>  
>
If you want to automate some interactive procedure after a remote login, 
another option is using an "expect script"

http://expect.nist.gov/

>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?
>
>thx,
>
>John Rose
>  
>

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