How to cd on remote server via SSH bash script?

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I have a bash script I'm using to connect to a remote server via ssh. That works, however I want the script to immediately pass the command of cd /some/dir after connecting. That doesn't seem to be working. Here's my code:

#!/bin/bash
echo "SSHing.."
ssh -i ~/.ssh/some-site.pem [email protected]
cd /some/dir        
read

How can I have the cd command be executed right after SSH connection is established?

This thread [linux-execute-command-remotely][1] might be helpful to you. Did you check it? [1]: stackoverflow.com/questions/5162568/… — Srini
– Srini, Commented Feb 5, 2013 at 8:57

KBart · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-05 08:56:55Z

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There are two easy ways to execute commands via SSH from inside the script:

1) ssh user@host 'command'

2)

ssh user@host <<<EOF
command1
command2
<...>
commandn
EOF

answered Feb 5, 2013 at 8:56

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Ali Over a year ago

#2 gives the error Pseudo-terminal will not be allocated because stdin is not a terminal.

KBart Over a year ago

@Click Upvote see stackoverflow.com/questions/7114990/… for a similar problem, I wouldn't explain better.

jsquirrelz Over a year ago

I was getting a '-bash: line 1: EOF: command not found' error but changed <<<EOF to <<EOF and everything worked. Thanks!

rtytgat · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-05 08:59:46Z

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Normally you'd just edit your ~/.profile on the remote machine.

If that is not an option, you could do something like this:

ssh -t theserver.com 'cd /some/dir && bash -i'

edited Feb 5, 2013 at 8:59

answered Feb 5, 2013 at 8:45

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Antarus · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-05 09:53:20Z

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You can use the following command

ssh user@watevr <the_cmd_to_be_executed>

answered Feb 5, 2013 at 9:53

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Rudra · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-05 10:51:38Z

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You can try this :

ssh abc@hostname :/pathto/specific directory

answered Feb 5, 2013 at 10:51

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