macOS SSH-scripting, a noob question.

[Jiddick ExRex]

Why won't the rest of the script execute beyond the ssh connection of this script?

#!/bin/sh

ssh admin@administrators-computer.local
touch hey
ls -l

I am prompted for pw which I provide and then I just get to the home folder.
I also did a 'chmod +x testScript-sh' btw.

 

[sord]

The program does not continue because touch won't execute until SSH completes (meaning touch will run on the local computer, not the remote). You can't script like that with SSH.

If you look at 'man ssh', you will see you can pass commands at the end of your SSH command. You will want to setup your SSH keys (http://pkeck.myweb.uga.edu/ssh/) so that you can SSH without a password, then you can "ssh admin@administrators-computer.local touch key" and "ssh admin@administrators-computer.local ls -l" I believe.

 

[Jiddick ExRex]

Thank you, that was just the suspicion I needed to be confirmed. Thanks a lot!