On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 8:07 PM, Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> wrote: > Just a reminder that ssh reads from stdin unless explicitly told to > avoid reading from stdin. If stdin isn't going to be used then the -n > option should be used. > [...] > Regardless of the resolution of the above question about bash the > usage of ssh in the above should use 'ssh -n'.
I'm not sure how that is helpful. 'ssh -n' closes stdin prematurely, which means that any error from the first command ("cd /tmp") will not be propagated to the originating host, e.g. when the directory doesn't exist.