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====== SSH COMMAND ======
Category: Workflow / External\\

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=====Description=====
This action connects to a remote computer using SSH and executes one or more specified commands in the same SSH session.

The commands can have [[:parameters|EasyMorph parameters]] inserted, or entirely calculated using [[syntax:start|expressions]].

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=====Use cases=====
  * The action can be used to trigger an external application before collecting files generated by it.
  * This action can also be used to obtain a list of files on a remote computer.

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=====Action settings=====
^ Setting  ^ Description  ^
|Connector<sup>*</sup>|Select or create a connector to the remote computer.|
|Commands<sup>*</sup>|Enter one or more SSH commands.  Commands can be static text (parameters supported) or fully calculated\\ (using the Expression Editor).|
|Halt if exit code is not 0|Check this to stop the workflow and display an error if the SSH session returns a non-0 exit code.|
|Capture output|Check this to have EasyMorph capture the output from the SSH session as a dataset.|
<sup>*</sup> Setting can be specified using a [[:parameters|parameter]].\\

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=====See also=====
  * [[transformations:filetransfer|File transfer]]