bash with ssh and for i statement

Question

I have the following logs:

S1 # ls /var/log/*/server
/var/log/P3/server:
apps  logs

/var/log/P4/server:
apps  logs

/var/log/S1/server:
apps  logs

--I would like to cycle through them via ssh specifically (for prototyping something more elaborate) but I can't, it will repeat one of the files three times rather then going through all 3:

SC-1# ssh SC-1 "for i in /var/log/*/server; do echo $i; done"
/var/log/SC-1/server
/var/log/SC-1/server
/var/log/SC-1/server

Also it is not possible for me to put this in a script and then ssh to run the script

John Kugelman · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-30 20:07:46Z

1

Use single quotes to prevent $i from being interpolated by the outer shell.

ssh SC-1 'for i in /var/log/*/server; do echo $i; done'

answered Apr 30, 2013 at 20:07

John Kugelman

365k70 gold badges555 silver badges600 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

bash with ssh and for i statement

1 Answer 1

Comments

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

1 Answer 1

Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related