Is there any way to save the PuTTY output to a file using the command line? I know this is easily done using the GUI but in my case it has to be done automatically.
What I'm working on:
User clicks batch file -> starts PuTTY, automatically connects to my device over SSH and runs a bunch of commands -> PuTTY should save the output to a file.
This can be done by changing registry settings.
Entry point for you is to check what and where is stored for putty:
run regedit and go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY
you can export settings to file by:
regedit /e "%userprofile%\desktop\putty-registry.reg" HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Simontatham
From here,edit putty-registry.reg to your needs and import on user machine.
I have a scenario where I need to run a linux shell command frequently (with different filenames) from windows. I am using PuTTY and WinSCP to do that (requires login name and password). The file is copied to a predefined folder in the linux machine through WinSCP and then the command is run from PuTTY. Is there a way by which I can automate this through a program. Ideally I would like to right click the file from windows and issue the command which would copy the file to remote machine and run the predefined command (in PuTTy) with the filename as argument.
Putty usually comes with the "plink" utility.
This is essentially the "ssh" command line command implemented as a windows .exe.
It pretty well documented in the putty manual under "Using the command line tool plink".
You just need to wrap a command like:
plink root#myserver /etc/backups/do-backup.sh
in a .bat script.
You can also use common shell constructs, like semicolons to execute multiple commands. e.g:
plink read#myhost ls -lrt /home/read/files;/etc/backups/do-backup.sh
There could be security issues with common methods for auto-login.
One of the most easiest ways is documented below:
Running Putty from the Windows Command Line
And as for the part the executes the command
In putty UI, Connection>SSH> there's a field for remote command.
4.17 The SSH panel
The SSH panel allows you to configure
options that only apply to SSH
sessions.
4.17.1 Executing a specific command on the server
In SSH, you don't have to run a
general shell session on the server.
Instead, you can choose to run a
single specific command (such as a
mail user agent, for example). If you
want to do this, enter the command in
the "Remote command" box.
http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/0.53/htmldoc/Chapter4.html
in short, your answers might just as well be similar to the text below:
let Putty run command in remote server
You can write a TCL script and establish SSH session to that Linux machine and issue commands automatically. Check http://wiki.tcl.tk/11542 for a short tutorial.
You can create a putty session, and auto load the script on the server, when starting the session:
putty -load "sessionName"
At remote command, point to the remote script.
You can do both tasks (the upload and the command execution) using WinSCP. Use WinSCP script like:
option batch abort
option confirm off
open your_session
put %1%
call script.sh
exit
Reference for the call command:
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/scriptcommand_call
Reference for the %1% syntax:
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/scripting#syntax
You can then run the script like:
winscp.exe /console /script=script_path\upload.txt /parameter file_to_upload.dat
Actually, you can put a shortcut to the above command to the Windows Explorer's Send To menu, so that you can then just right-click any file and go to the Send To > Upload using WinSCP and Execute Remote Command (=name of the shortcut).
For that, go to the folder %USERPROFILE%\SendTo and create a shortcut with the following target:
winscp_path\winscp.exe /console /script=script_path\upload.txt /parameter %1
See Creating entry in Explorer's "Send To" menu.
Here is a totally out of the box solution.
Install AutoHotKey (ahk)
Map the script to a key (e.g. F9)
In the ahk script,
a) Ftp the commands (.ksh) file to the linux machine
b) Use plink like below. Plink should be installed if you have putty.
plink sessionname -l username -pw password test.ksh
or
plink -ssh example.com -l username -pw password test.ksh
All the steps will be performed in sequence whenever you press F9 in windows.
Code:
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
namespace playSound
{
class Program
{
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine(args[0]);
Process amixerMediaProcess = new Process();
amixerMediaProcess.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = false;
amixerMediaProcess.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
amixerMediaProcess.StartInfo.ErrorDialog = false;
amixerMediaProcess.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = false;
amixerMediaProcess.StartInfo.RedirectStandardInput = false;
amixerMediaProcess.StartInfo.RedirectStandardError = false;
amixerMediaProcess.EnableRaisingEvents = true;
amixerMediaProcess.StartInfo.Arguments = string.Format("{0}","-ssh username#"+args[0]+" -pw password -m commands.txt");
amixerMediaProcess.StartInfo.FileName = "plink.exe";
amixerMediaProcess.Start();
Console.Write("Presskey to continue . . . ");
Console.ReadKey(true);
}
}
}
Sample commands.txt:
ps
Link: https://huseyincakir.wordpress.com/2015/08/27/send-commands-to-a-remote-device-over-puttyssh-putty-send-command-from-command-line/
Try MtPutty,
you can automate the ssh login in it. Its a great tool especially if you need to login to multiple servers many times. Try it here
Another tool worth trying is TeraTerm. Its really easy to use for the ssh automation stuff. You can get it here. But my favorite one is always MtPutty.
In case you are using Key based authentication, using saved Putty session seems to work great, for example to run a shell script on a remote server(In my case an ec2).Saved configuration will take care of authentication.
C:\Users> plink saved_putty_session_name path_to_shell_file/filename.sh
Please remember if you save your session with name like(user#hostname), this command would not work as it will be treated as part of the remote command.
I am running into an issue with MacOS 10.10 and Safari 8.0 where Selenium driver cannot establish connection with SafariDriver. Details in this thread: https://code.google.com/p/selenium/issues/detail?id=7933. To run tests locally, the workaround is to download Selenium 2.44.0, extract the package, and doubleclick on SafariDriver.safariextz to install. However through SSH connection this does not work. I want to install the SafariDriver.safariextz from command line, before each test run. Any clues on how to install the .safariextz file from command line?
Update: Just verified that every time Safari is started from SSH connection (/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari) all the extensions are removed (Safari-> Preferences->Extensions is empty).
If you are on the same machine, AppleScript should work:
# this first part might not be needed
osascript -e 'tell application "Safari"
activate
end tell'
osascript -e 'ignoring application responses
tell application "Safari"
open "'"/path/to/SafariDriver.safariextz"'"
end tell
end ignoring
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Safari"
set frontmost to true
repeat until (exists window 1) and subrole of window 1 is "AXDialog" -- wait until the dialog is displayed.
delay 1
end repeat
click button 1 of front window -- install
end tell
end tell'
If that fails, then you might have to enable access for assistive devices and applications by opening System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Accessibility and check the applications you want to allow access (Safari, etc...).
More info: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202866
Jacob Salmela also has created a utility to do this from command line:
http://jacobsalmela.com/os-x-yosemite-enable-access-assistive-devices-command-line/
The following workaround did trick for me:
After the upgrade Safari extensions are part of the keychain, and over SSH the user does not have access to the login keychain. The solution is to grant that access for EACH ssh session.
security -v unlock-keychain -p <password> ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain
Then opening Safari with the step below should work
/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari
For a 'permanent' solution add a build step, to execute shell script as follows:
#!/bin/bash
keychain="~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain"
security unlock-keychain -p <password> ${keychain} &>/dev/null
if [ $? -ne 0 ];then
echo "Cannot open keychain ${keychain}"
exit 1
fi
As explained here http://sap-production.github.io/xcode-maven-plugin/site/howto/HandlingKeychainsInMasterSlaveEnvironment.html.
I want to automate the export process which I take using expdp command in Oracle.
Following is the contents of batch file I have created to open PuTTY.
#echo off
"C:\Program Files\PuTTY\plink.exe" username#Ip_Addr -pw password -m Open_Putty.txt`
Following is the contents of Open_Putty.txt to execute different commands.
echo $ORACLE_SID;
Read oraenv;
But after opening Open_Putty.bat it disappears without showing any output.
Please help me with this. I want to set oraenv and run some more commands to take the backup.
It's unlikely that plink.exe disappears without showing any output. I assume you execute the batch file from a Windows Explorer or other GUI application, so the Plink console window disappears once Plink finishes (possibly with error) and you cannot read the output (error).
Make sure you execute plink.exe from a console window (typically a cmd.exe) or add pause command to the end of the batch.
Make sure Plink can find the script file (Open_Putty.txt). As you do not specify a path to the file, it has to be located in your current working directory. Safer is to use a full path to the script file:
"C:\Program Files\PuTTY\plink.exe" username#Ip_Addr -pw password -m "C:\path\Open_Putty.txt"
The backtick symbol at the end of the command should probably not be there.
The name "Open PuTTY" is bit confusing. You are not using PuTTY at all. And even if you refer to Plink by "PuTTY", your script file (Open_Putty.txt) is not opening PuTTY nor Plink. It's executing remote commands. So you should better name it export.txt or similar.
I like using WinSCP for keeping a remote directory up to date, but it locks up the rest of the interface while in use. Is there any way I can configure WinSCP to run on startup (in the background) and keep a certain remote directory up to date with a local copy without impacting the rest of WinSCP's interface?
You can run two instances of WinSCP. One for keeping remote directory up to date, the other for an interactive use.
You can have WinSCP automatically start keeping remote directory up to date. There are two ways, GUI mode and scripting.
GUI mode:
C:\path_to_winscp\WinSCP.exe session_name /defaults
/keepuptodate // C:\local_path /remote_path
(Line break added for readability. The /defaults make WinSCP skip the options dialog.)
For details, see https://winscp.net/eng/docs/commandline
This way you cannot make WinSCP open in the background. You have to manually press the Minimize button.
Scripting mode:
C:\path_to_winscp\WinSCP.exe /console /command "option batch abort"
"open session_name" "keepuptodate C:\local_path /remote_path"
(Line break added for readability.)
For details, see https://winscp.net/eng/docs/guide_automation
If you store this command to a shortcut, you can set it's Run property to Minimized.
For both modes, you can store the command to a shortcut and move it to C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup to have it automatically started with Windows.
Minimizing to a tray:
Minimizing to a tray is a global preference option:
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/ui_pref_window
If you do not want to enable it globally (it would apply even to the WinSCP instance for an interactive use), add this to the command-line:
/rawconfig Interface\MinimizeToTray=1
See Raw configuration.