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How to exit a SSH connection in a bash script?
The goal is to ssh to a machine, do some local commands, execute a a script, wait for it to finish and then exit the ssh session and move on to the next. However, when I use the “exit” command it does not work and just exits the script altogether.
How to close SSH connection in one command?
Just press Ctrl D and it will log you out there for hold ctrl and press “d” till the window disappears. Simply close PuTTY. ( Alt + F4 by default IIRC.) Another way is to make function for ssh: Unfortunately it also will always close the connection and logout from console after you’ll finish work on the remote system.
Why is the exit command not working in Bash?
However, when I use the “exit” command it does not work and just exits the script altogether. I guess that your script is not exiting the shell session because you are calling it directly with ./exit.sh.
What does the ! command do in SSH?
It also allows the cancellation of existing remote port-forwardings using -KR [bind_address:]port. !command allows the user to execute a local command if the PermitLocalCommand option is enabled in ssh_config (5).
Why is my script not exiting the shell?
I guess that your script is not exiting the shell session because you are calling it directly with ./exit.sh. You should source it instead. An exit statement in your script will then close the shell session. The source builtin executes your script in the current shell context, while ./exit.sh launches a new shell to run it.
Can a shell script be run on multiple hosts?
If you are trying to run commands on multiple hosts in parallel, that is what rsh was created for. These days, rsh is considered to be very low security, so the more current and correct option for this would be pdsh. You would rewrite your shell script to be what the run would be on a single host, then use pdsh to execute that script on many hosts.
Is there a way to shut down an unresponsive SSH?
There is a “secret” keyboard shortcut to force an unresponsive ssh session to exit. From the frozen session terminal, hit these keys in order: Enter → ~ → .
How can I get SSH client to leave my computer?
There is a “secret” keyboard shortcut to force an unresponsive ssh session to exit. From the frozen session terminal, hit these keys in order: Enter → ~ →. The tilde (only after a newline) is recognised as an escape sequence by the ssh client, and the period tells the client to terminate it’s business without further ado.
Is there any way to exit a script and then stay in the terminal?
When I use exit command in a shell script, the script will terminate the terminal (the prompt). Is there any way to terminate a script and then staying in the terminal? My script run.sh is expected to execute by directly being sourced, or sourced from another script. EDIT: To be more specific, there are two scripts run2.sh as