how to run a script file remotely using ssh

Question

I want to run a script remotely. But the system doesn't recognize the path. It complains that "no such file or directory "Am i using it right?

ssh kev@server1 `./test/foo.sh`

Answer 1

Backticks will run the command on the local shell and put the results on the command line. What you're doing is saying 'execute ./test/foo.sh and then pass the output as if I'd typed it on the commandline here'. Try ssh kev@server1 './test/foo.sh', and make sure that thats the path from your home directory on the remote computer to your script.

Edited for clarity.

Edit: Also, the script has to be on the remote computer. What this does is essentially log you into the remote computer with the listed command as your shell. You can't run a local script on a remote computer like this (unless theres some fun trick I don't know).

Answer 2

I don't know if it's possible to run it just like that.

I usually first copy it with scp and then log in to run it.

scp foo.sh user@host:~
ssh user@host
./foo.sh