Linux - working with files remotley

We can use scp command to directly coppy files from remote server. Assuming that you have ssh config set up on your local machine.

To copy file from remote server to your local directory:

scp [remote host]:/path/to/file/on/the/server/log.txt .

Log into remote server and execute commands

Running a Command on a Remote Linux Server

ssh [user]@[server] '[command]'

Running Multiply Commands over SSH

with semicollons as separators

ssh [user]@[server] '[command 1]; [command 2]; [command 3]'

with pipes as separators

ssh [user]@[server] '[command 1] | [command 2] | [command 3]'

with redirection of multiple lines

ssh [user]@[server] << EOF
command 1
command 2
command 3
EOF

to get it working I had to add ssh -t -t to force pseudo-tty allocation even if stdin isn’t a terminal.

and << 'EOF' to prevent the body of the here document being expanded by the (local) shell

ssh -t -t [server] << 'EOF'
	ls
	exit
EOF