shell script read command is not waiting along with ssh

Question

Hi all I am new to shell scripting and please help me in this situation.
I have created a shell script named ./remote1 which looks like below.

# ./remote1 file
ssh [email protected] 'bash -s' < ./createdir

Here 'createdir' is another file i had created which is given below

# ./createdir file
echo "give directory name"
read name
mkdir ~/$name

If I run the ./createdir alone in my machine, it will execute without any problem.
If I execute ./remote1, it will not wait for input the data for the 'read' command.Please anyone could help me to solve this problem.
Thanks in advance.

Duplicate askubuntu.com/questions/259808/…

Gilles Quénot
– Gilles Quénot

2013-02-22 15:05:41 +00:00
Commented Feb 22, 2013 at 15:05 — Gilles Quénot
– Gilles Quénot, Commented Feb 22, 2013 at 15:05

dogbane · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-22 14:48:39Z

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The problem is with the remote read. Why don't you execute the read on the local machine, rather than remotely?

For example, you can change your script to:

# ./remote1 file
echo "give directory name"
read name

ssh [email protected] "bash -s" < ./createdir "$name"

edited Feb 22, 2013 at 14:48

answered Feb 22, 2013 at 14:40

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Uvais Ibrahim Over a year ago

That is an option.But if there is any solution then that would be better.

President James K. Polk · Accepted Answer · 2025-04-23 00:31:27Z

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Thanks all for your great support, I have solved my issue.

# ./remote1 file<br />
ssh [email protected] 'echo "give directory name"';
read name;
mkdir ~/$name

This solved my issue simply.

edited Apr 23 at 0:31

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answered Feb 25, 2013 at 6:55

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