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| -rw-r--r-- | sshexec.1 | 45 |
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 11 deletions
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ sshexec - run a command through ssh(1) with normal command syntax .RI [\fBdir=\fP directory ] .RB [[\fIfd\fP]{ > , >> , >| , < , <> }[ & ] = \fIfile\fP] .BR } ] -[ssh-option] ...\, +.RI [ ssh-option ]\ ...\, .I destination .I command .RI [ argument ]\ ...\, @@ -27,11 +27,19 @@ passes any argument after to .I ssh-command .RB ( ssh -if not specified), and only modifies +if not specified), but it +rewrites .I command -.RB [ argument ]\ ...\, -and inserts extra arguments after +and the +.IR argument s +to one argument that can be passed into +.BR ssh (1) +to describe each argument as separate arguments. +It may also rewrite .I destination +to remove information that's not supported by +.BR ssh (1) +and inserts extra arguments after it (it may also add a .B -- argument immediately before @@ -188,14 +196,29 @@ is 0 (standard input).) The following operands are supported: .TP .I destination -This operand is passed as is (without validation) to the -.BR ssh (1) -utility. The -.BR ssh (1) -utility will expect it the be either in the form -.RI [ user\fP\fB@ ] hostname +The destination to connect and log into. It shall be either in +the form +.RI [ user\fP\fB@ ] hostname [\fB:\fP directory ] or in the form -.BR ssh:// [\fIuser @ ]\fIhostname\fP[ : \fIport\fP]. +.BR ssh [ exec ] :// [\fIuser @ ]\fIhostname\fP[ : \fIport\fP][ / \fIdirectory\fP]. + +.I user +shall be the name of the remote user. If not specified, +the name of the local user running the utility will be used. + +.I hostname +shall be the address to the remote machine. + +.I port +shall be the port or service name for the port to +connect to on the remote machine. + +.I directory +shall be directory to change the remote working directory. +This is an alternative to (with the exact same behaviour) +to the +.B dir +option and cannot be combined with it. .TP .IR command \ [ argument ]\ ...\, Whereas the |