Running a shell script on a remote server

Question

I am trying to run a .sh script on a remote server and am getting the following error message.

Really not sure what I am doing wrong.

The command I am using is: $ssh user@remoteserver path of file to be executed/Test.sh

Which returns the error: ksh: syntax error: `(' unexpected

Any pointers would be great :)

You are trying to execute a script stored at a remote site. The shell script that you are trying to execute has syntax errors. To fix this, you need to get the script code and do the necessary modifications. — Aman
– Aman, Commented Oct 31, 2012 at 12:38
I had thought this initially. But the remote script is just a simple test script and when I ran on the remote sever it worked perfectly. Hence my confusion :( — sm4491
– sm4491, Commented Oct 31, 2012 at 12:46
It may be something that's shell specific. Maybe the script isn't written for the k shell, which is being used to run the script. — Aman
– Aman, Commented Oct 31, 2012 at 12:50
If it is a shell-specific issue, then add the name of the shell to use to the front of the command like bash path/to/script, or, make sure the script has an appropriate #! as the first line so the correct shell is automatically selected. — kbulgrien
– kbulgrien, Commented Oct 31, 2012 at 13:25
I have included the #!/bin/ksh line at the beginning of the script — sm4491
– sm4491, Commented Oct 31, 2012 at 14:01

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 11:55:56Z

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If Machine A is a Windows box, you can use Plink (part of PuTTY) with the -m parameter, and it will execute the local script on the remote server.

plink root@MachineB -m local_script.sh

If Machine A is a Unix-based system, you can use:

ssh root@MachineB 'bash -s' < local_script.sh

You shouldn't have to copy the script to the remote server to run it.

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answered Oct 31, 2012 at 12:49

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