That worked perfectly, thanks. It also works with ^M instead of ^j (Ctrl-v enter)
On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Kevin Van Workum <vanw+scr...@sabalcore.com> wrote: > Try screen -S foo -X stuff "echo hello world^j" > > You insert the ^j with the 'Ctrl-v Ctrl-j' key sequence in bash. It has to > be inside the quotes. > > On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Toby Matejovsky > <toby.matejov...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I'm trying to send a command to a screen which is also in an ssh session. >> >> terminal 1: >> screen -S foo >> >> >> terminal 2: >> screen -S foo -X exec echo hello world # terminal 1 >> executes "echo hello world" as expected >> screen -S foo -X exec ssh u...@example.com # terminal 1 shows a >> successful login >> screen -S foo -X exec echo hello world # terminal 1 >> shows "Filter running...u...@example.com", and nothing happens >> >> >> This seems like some kind of security thing, but I don't see anything >> about filters in the manual. How can I send commands to screen to >> achieve an ssh login and then execute commands in that screen session >> which are executed on the remote server? >> >> Thanks >> >> -Toby >> >> _______________________________________________ >> screen-users mailing list >> screen-users@gnu.org >> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/screen-users > > _______________________________________________ screen-users mailing list screen-users@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/screen-users
