UNIX ssh script, running commands on remote server
Also, if you don't want to have a script available on the remote server, try the following:
ssh thehost 'cd /tmp; ls; echo Hello world, I am `hostname`'and for SCP-less copying:
ssh localhost 'cat /bin/bash' > local_bash
If your goal is only to transfer files, you should use scp. But to execute some commands on the remote host without having a specific script on that remote host, you can simply use the stdin like this:
!/bin/shssh -o PreferredAuthentications=publickey brjones@server.com << EOTcd ~/folderecho "hello" > hello.txt...EOT