Creating a file within a folder then writing to that file with SSH

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I am trying to use write a script that uses SSH to create a new directory and write to a text file in it. I've got 1 master on a network, and then 3 nodes that I want to create the directory on. These 4 machines are hosted on VMware.
#node1
ssh node1@192.168.1.102 'sudo touch /temp_dirname/host.txt'
ssh node1@192.168.1.102 'echo "node1" | sudo tee /temp_dirname/host.txt'
#node2
ssh node1@192.168.1.103 'sudo touch /temp_dirname/host.txt'
ssh node1@192.168.1.103 'echo "node1" | sudo tee /temp_dirname/host.txt'
#node3
ssh node3@192.168.1.104 'sudo touch /temp_dirname/host.txt'
ssh node3@192.168.1.104 'echo "node1" | sudo tee /temp_dirname/host.txt'
When I run this I get different errors for each node... for nodes 1 and 2 I get
touch: cannot touch '/temp_dirname/host.txt': no such file or directory
and
tee: temp_dirname/host.txt: no such file or directory
and node 3 I get:
touch: setting times of '/temp_dirname/ no such file or directory
and
tee: temp_dirname/host.txt: no such file or directory
I am absolutely confused with this as I thought touch
created files - so why is it no such file or directory.
18.04 bash ssh
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I am trying to use write a script that uses SSH to create a new directory and write to a text file in it. I've got 1 master on a network, and then 3 nodes that I want to create the directory on. These 4 machines are hosted on VMware.
#node1
ssh node1@192.168.1.102 'sudo touch /temp_dirname/host.txt'
ssh node1@192.168.1.102 'echo "node1" | sudo tee /temp_dirname/host.txt'
#node2
ssh node1@192.168.1.103 'sudo touch /temp_dirname/host.txt'
ssh node1@192.168.1.103 'echo "node1" | sudo tee /temp_dirname/host.txt'
#node3
ssh node3@192.168.1.104 'sudo touch /temp_dirname/host.txt'
ssh node3@192.168.1.104 'echo "node1" | sudo tee /temp_dirname/host.txt'
When I run this I get different errors for each node... for nodes 1 and 2 I get
touch: cannot touch '/temp_dirname/host.txt': no such file or directory
and
tee: temp_dirname/host.txt: no such file or directory
and node 3 I get:
touch: setting times of '/temp_dirname/ no such file or directory
and
tee: temp_dirname/host.txt: no such file or directory
I am absolutely confused with this as I thought touch
created files - so why is it no such file or directory.
18.04 bash ssh
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I am trying to use write a script that uses SSH to create a new directory and write to a text file in it. I've got 1 master on a network, and then 3 nodes that I want to create the directory on. These 4 machines are hosted on VMware.
#node1
ssh node1@192.168.1.102 'sudo touch /temp_dirname/host.txt'
ssh node1@192.168.1.102 'echo "node1" | sudo tee /temp_dirname/host.txt'
#node2
ssh node1@192.168.1.103 'sudo touch /temp_dirname/host.txt'
ssh node1@192.168.1.103 'echo "node1" | sudo tee /temp_dirname/host.txt'
#node3
ssh node3@192.168.1.104 'sudo touch /temp_dirname/host.txt'
ssh node3@192.168.1.104 'echo "node1" | sudo tee /temp_dirname/host.txt'
When I run this I get different errors for each node... for nodes 1 and 2 I get
touch: cannot touch '/temp_dirname/host.txt': no such file or directory
and
tee: temp_dirname/host.txt: no such file or directory
and node 3 I get:
touch: setting times of '/temp_dirname/ no such file or directory
and
tee: temp_dirname/host.txt: no such file or directory
I am absolutely confused with this as I thought touch
created files - so why is it no such file or directory.
18.04 bash ssh
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I am trying to use write a script that uses SSH to create a new directory and write to a text file in it. I've got 1 master on a network, and then 3 nodes that I want to create the directory on. These 4 machines are hosted on VMware.
#node1
ssh node1@192.168.1.102 'sudo touch /temp_dirname/host.txt'
ssh node1@192.168.1.102 'echo "node1" | sudo tee /temp_dirname/host.txt'
#node2
ssh node1@192.168.1.103 'sudo touch /temp_dirname/host.txt'
ssh node1@192.168.1.103 'echo "node1" | sudo tee /temp_dirname/host.txt'
#node3
ssh node3@192.168.1.104 'sudo touch /temp_dirname/host.txt'
ssh node3@192.168.1.104 'echo "node1" | sudo tee /temp_dirname/host.txt'
When I run this I get different errors for each node... for nodes 1 and 2 I get
touch: cannot touch '/temp_dirname/host.txt': no such file or directory
and
tee: temp_dirname/host.txt: no such file or directory
and node 3 I get:
touch: setting times of '/temp_dirname/ no such file or directory
and
tee: temp_dirname/host.txt: no such file or directory
I am absolutely confused with this as I thought touch
created files - so why is it no such file or directory.
18.04 bash ssh
18.04 bash ssh
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Possibly related: Create file and its parent directory
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9 hours ago
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Possibly related: Create file and its parent directory
– steeldriver
9 hours ago
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If /temp_dirname
doesn't exist, you can create it with mkdir -p /temp_dirname
.
-p
works with any arbitrary depth, creating directories as required.
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This works! I could have sworn I tried this earlier with no avail... One question, I do have @vintnes is that/temp_dirname
doesn't show up when I do eitherls
orls -a
– Amy
9 hours ago
ls
defaults to your current working directory -- usually/home/$USER
by default. Specify path, as inls -a /
orls -a /temp_dir
or change your working directory withcd
. Get comfortable withman
!
– vintnes
5 hours ago
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If /temp_dirname
doesn't exist, you can create it with mkdir -p /temp_dirname
.
-p
works with any arbitrary depth, creating directories as required.
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This works! I could have sworn I tried this earlier with no avail... One question, I do have @vintnes is that/temp_dirname
doesn't show up when I do eitherls
orls -a
– Amy
9 hours ago
ls
defaults to your current working directory -- usually/home/$USER
by default. Specify path, as inls -a /
orls -a /temp_dir
or change your working directory withcd
. Get comfortable withman
!
– vintnes
5 hours ago
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If /temp_dirname
doesn't exist, you can create it with mkdir -p /temp_dirname
.
-p
works with any arbitrary depth, creating directories as required.
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This works! I could have sworn I tried this earlier with no avail... One question, I do have @vintnes is that/temp_dirname
doesn't show up when I do eitherls
orls -a
– Amy
9 hours ago
ls
defaults to your current working directory -- usually/home/$USER
by default. Specify path, as inls -a /
orls -a /temp_dir
or change your working directory withcd
. Get comfortable withman
!
– vintnes
5 hours ago
add a comment |
If /temp_dirname
doesn't exist, you can create it with mkdir -p /temp_dirname
.
-p
works with any arbitrary depth, creating directories as required.
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If /temp_dirname
doesn't exist, you can create it with mkdir -p /temp_dirname
.
-p
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This works! I could have sworn I tried this earlier with no avail... One question, I do have @vintnes is that/temp_dirname
doesn't show up when I do eitherls
orls -a
– Amy
9 hours ago
ls
defaults to your current working directory -- usually/home/$USER
by default. Specify path, as inls -a /
orls -a /temp_dir
or change your working directory withcd
. Get comfortable withman
!
– vintnes
5 hours ago
add a comment |
1
This works! I could have sworn I tried this earlier with no avail... One question, I do have @vintnes is that/temp_dirname
doesn't show up when I do eitherls
orls -a
– Amy
9 hours ago
ls
defaults to your current working directory -- usually/home/$USER
by default. Specify path, as inls -a /
orls -a /temp_dir
or change your working directory withcd
. Get comfortable withman
!
– vintnes
5 hours ago
1
1
This works! I could have sworn I tried this earlier with no avail... One question, I do have @vintnes is that
/temp_dirname
doesn't show up when I do either ls
or ls -a
– Amy
9 hours ago
This works! I could have sworn I tried this earlier with no avail... One question, I do have @vintnes is that
/temp_dirname
doesn't show up when I do either ls
or ls -a
– Amy
9 hours ago
ls
defaults to your current working directory -- usually /home/$USER
by default. Specify path, as in ls -a /
or ls -a /temp_dir
or change your working directory with cd
. Get comfortable with man
!– vintnes
5 hours ago
ls
defaults to your current working directory -- usually /home/$USER
by default. Specify path, as in ls -a /
or ls -a /temp_dir
or change your working directory with cd
. Get comfortable with man
!– vintnes
5 hours ago
add a comment |
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Possibly related: Create file and its parent directory
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