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I have the following script that SSH to a server with a key and makes a lot of stuff there.



#!/usr/bin/env bash

ssh -i mykey.pem myuser@SERVER_IP << 'ENDSSH'
[A LOT OF STUFF]
ENDSSH


(which I run it with sh scriptname.sh)



Now I want to to the same in another server, so I've to SSH to two different servers (ip_1 and ip_2) with two different .pem files (mykey1.pem and mykey2.pem).



So far I know how to loop the ips as follows:



#!/usr/bin/env bash

ip_list="ip_1 ip_2"

for ip in $ip_list; do
ssh -i mykey.pem myuser@$ip << 'ENDSSH'
[A LOT OF STUFF]
ENDSSH
done


but now I would like to loop also to get the proper pem file. How can I archieve this? Maybe with another list? Can someone provide me an elegant solution?




  • ip_1 should use mykey1.pem


  • ip_2 should use mykey2.pem

Thanks in advance










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  • Don't use mykey1.pem but ip_1.pem. Then it's easy: ssh -i $ip.pem myuser@$ip << 'ENDSSH'

    – stoney
    yesterday















3















I have the following script that SSH to a server with a key and makes a lot of stuff there.



#!/usr/bin/env bash

ssh -i mykey.pem myuser@SERVER_IP << 'ENDSSH'
[A LOT OF STUFF]
ENDSSH


(which I run it with sh scriptname.sh)



Now I want to to the same in another server, so I've to SSH to two different servers (ip_1 and ip_2) with two different .pem files (mykey1.pem and mykey2.pem).



So far I know how to loop the ips as follows:



#!/usr/bin/env bash

ip_list="ip_1 ip_2"

for ip in $ip_list; do
ssh -i mykey.pem myuser@$ip << 'ENDSSH'
[A LOT OF STUFF]
ENDSSH
done


but now I would like to loop also to get the proper pem file. How can I archieve this? Maybe with another list? Can someone provide me an elegant solution?




  • ip_1 should use mykey1.pem


  • ip_2 should use mykey2.pem

Thanks in advance










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  • Don't use mykey1.pem but ip_1.pem. Then it's easy: ssh -i $ip.pem myuser@$ip << 'ENDSSH'

    – stoney
    yesterday













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3








I have the following script that SSH to a server with a key and makes a lot of stuff there.



#!/usr/bin/env bash

ssh -i mykey.pem myuser@SERVER_IP << 'ENDSSH'
[A LOT OF STUFF]
ENDSSH


(which I run it with sh scriptname.sh)



Now I want to to the same in another server, so I've to SSH to two different servers (ip_1 and ip_2) with two different .pem files (mykey1.pem and mykey2.pem).



So far I know how to loop the ips as follows:



#!/usr/bin/env bash

ip_list="ip_1 ip_2"

for ip in $ip_list; do
ssh -i mykey.pem myuser@$ip << 'ENDSSH'
[A LOT OF STUFF]
ENDSSH
done


but now I would like to loop also to get the proper pem file. How can I archieve this? Maybe with another list? Can someone provide me an elegant solution?




  • ip_1 should use mykey1.pem


  • ip_2 should use mykey2.pem

Thanks in advance










share|improve this question









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I have the following script that SSH to a server with a key and makes a lot of stuff there.



#!/usr/bin/env bash

ssh -i mykey.pem myuser@SERVER_IP << 'ENDSSH'
[A LOT OF STUFF]
ENDSSH


(which I run it with sh scriptname.sh)



Now I want to to the same in another server, so I've to SSH to two different servers (ip_1 and ip_2) with two different .pem files (mykey1.pem and mykey2.pem).



So far I know how to loop the ips as follows:



#!/usr/bin/env bash

ip_list="ip_1 ip_2"

for ip in $ip_list; do
ssh -i mykey.pem myuser@$ip << 'ENDSSH'
[A LOT OF STUFF]
ENDSSH
done


but now I would like to loop also to get the proper pem file. How can I archieve this? Maybe with another list? Can someone provide me an elegant solution?




  • ip_1 should use mykey1.pem


  • ip_2 should use mykey2.pem

Thanks in advance







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  • Don't use mykey1.pem but ip_1.pem. Then it's easy: ssh -i $ip.pem myuser@$ip << 'ENDSSH'

    – stoney
    yesterday

















  • Don't use mykey1.pem but ip_1.pem. Then it's easy: ssh -i $ip.pem myuser@$ip << 'ENDSSH'

    – stoney
    yesterday
















Don't use mykey1.pem but ip_1.pem. Then it's easy: ssh -i $ip.pem myuser@$ip << 'ENDSSH'

– stoney
yesterday





Don't use mykey1.pem but ip_1.pem. Then it's easy: ssh -i $ip.pem myuser@$ip << 'ENDSSH'

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One way to do it is to use a while IFS=, read -r loop on a csv here-document.



#! /bin/sh -
while IFS=, read <&3 -r ip key; do
ssh -i "$key" "$ip" << ENDSSH
...
ENDSSH
done 3<< ENDCSV
10.0.0.1,p1.pem
10.0.0.2,p2.pem
ENDCSV


Then you don't even need to require users to install bash. If portability is not a concern, you could use zsh instead which supports looping over more than one variable.



#! /usr/bin/env zsh
for ip key (
10.0.0.1 p1.pem
10.0.0.2 p2.pem
) ssh -i $key $ip << ENDSSH
...
ENDSSH





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    Since you're using bash, you can use associative arrays:



    #!/usr/bin/env bash

    declare -A ip_list=(["ip_1"]="mykey1.pem" ["ip_2"]="mykey2.pem")

    for ip in "$!ip_list[@]"; do
    ssh -i "$ip_list[$ip]" myuser@"$ip" << 'ENDSSH'
    [A LOT OF STUFF]
    ENDSSH
    done


    Note that associative arrays, unlike regular indexed arrays, are not saved in a specific order, so there is no guarantee that ip_1 will be processed before ip_2.




    If you need to use a simple, POSIX compatible shell, create a file with the ip and key files, one per line:



    $ cat iplist.txt
    ip1 mykey1.pem
    ip2 mykey2.pem


    Then, use this script:



    #!/bin/sh

    while read -r ip key; do
    ssh -i "$key" myuser@"$ip" << 'ENDSSH'
    [A LOT OF STUFF]
    ENDSSH
    done


    And run it with:



    sh /path/to/script < /path/to/iplist.txt


    But if you go that route, Stéphane's approach is better.






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    • I'm running it with sh (I cant change that), so it seems I cannot use arrays.

      – Avión
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    • 3





      @Avión what do you mean? You have #!/usr/bin/env bash in your script. Just make the script executable (chmod a+x /path/to/script) and then run it directly: /path/to/script. Alternatively, run it with bash /path/to/script. The only reason you're using sh is because you're calling it with sh /path/to/script.

      – terdon
      yesterday











    • @StéphaneChazelas good point. Done, thanks.

      – terdon
      yesterday


















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    Your original script can be made slightly more portable via set built-in, plus have ip and key go together as one string, colon separated. We later can use prefix and suffix removal to extract corresponding entry



    #!/usr/bin/env bash

    # Set positional parameters
    # Example ip addresses
    set -- 192.168.0.1:mykey1 192.168.1.1:mykey2

    # iterating without specifying 'in' assumes positiona parameters
    for host; do
    ssh -i $host##*:.pem myuser@$host%%:* << 'ENDSSH'
    [A LOT OF STUFF]
    ENDSSH

    done





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      set is not really helping here. You could just as well do for host in 192.168.0.1:mykey1 192.168.1.1:mykey2; do. Note that : is not the best choice of delimiter as it's found in IPv6 addresses. You also need to quote parameter expansions to prevent split+glob

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    • All fair points. Semicolon could serve a better delimiter, maybe ?

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    One way to do it is to use a while IFS=, read -r loop on a csv here-document.



    #! /bin/sh -
    while IFS=, read <&3 -r ip key; do
    ssh -i "$key" "$ip" << ENDSSH
    ...
    ENDSSH
    done 3<< ENDCSV
    10.0.0.1,p1.pem
    10.0.0.2,p2.pem
    ENDCSV


    Then you don't even need to require users to install bash. If portability is not a concern, you could use zsh instead which supports looping over more than one variable.



    #! /usr/bin/env zsh
    for ip key (
    10.0.0.1 p1.pem
    10.0.0.2 p2.pem
    ) ssh -i $key $ip << ENDSSH
    ...
    ENDSSH





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      One way to do it is to use a while IFS=, read -r loop on a csv here-document.



      #! /bin/sh -
      while IFS=, read <&3 -r ip key; do
      ssh -i "$key" "$ip" << ENDSSH
      ...
      ENDSSH
      done 3<< ENDCSV
      10.0.0.1,p1.pem
      10.0.0.2,p2.pem
      ENDCSV


      Then you don't even need to require users to install bash. If portability is not a concern, you could use zsh instead which supports looping over more than one variable.



      #! /usr/bin/env zsh
      for ip key (
      10.0.0.1 p1.pem
      10.0.0.2 p2.pem
      ) ssh -i $key $ip << ENDSSH
      ...
      ENDSSH





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        One way to do it is to use a while IFS=, read -r loop on a csv here-document.



        #! /bin/sh -
        while IFS=, read <&3 -r ip key; do
        ssh -i "$key" "$ip" << ENDSSH
        ...
        ENDSSH
        done 3<< ENDCSV
        10.0.0.1,p1.pem
        10.0.0.2,p2.pem
        ENDCSV


        Then you don't even need to require users to install bash. If portability is not a concern, you could use zsh instead which supports looping over more than one variable.



        #! /usr/bin/env zsh
        for ip key (
        10.0.0.1 p1.pem
        10.0.0.2 p2.pem
        ) ssh -i $key $ip << ENDSSH
        ...
        ENDSSH





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        One way to do it is to use a while IFS=, read -r loop on a csv here-document.



        #! /bin/sh -
        while IFS=, read <&3 -r ip key; do
        ssh -i "$key" "$ip" << ENDSSH
        ...
        ENDSSH
        done 3<< ENDCSV
        10.0.0.1,p1.pem
        10.0.0.2,p2.pem
        ENDCSV


        Then you don't even need to require users to install bash. If portability is not a concern, you could use zsh instead which supports looping over more than one variable.



        #! /usr/bin/env zsh
        for ip key (
        10.0.0.1 p1.pem
        10.0.0.2 p2.pem
        ) ssh -i $key $ip << ENDSSH
        ...
        ENDSSH






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            Since you're using bash, you can use associative arrays:



            #!/usr/bin/env bash

            declare -A ip_list=(["ip_1"]="mykey1.pem" ["ip_2"]="mykey2.pem")

            for ip in "$!ip_list[@]"; do
            ssh -i "$ip_list[$ip]" myuser@"$ip" << 'ENDSSH'
            [A LOT OF STUFF]
            ENDSSH
            done


            Note that associative arrays, unlike regular indexed arrays, are not saved in a specific order, so there is no guarantee that ip_1 will be processed before ip_2.




            If you need to use a simple, POSIX compatible shell, create a file with the ip and key files, one per line:



            $ cat iplist.txt
            ip1 mykey1.pem
            ip2 mykey2.pem


            Then, use this script:



            #!/bin/sh

            while read -r ip key; do
            ssh -i "$key" myuser@"$ip" << 'ENDSSH'
            [A LOT OF STUFF]
            ENDSSH
            done


            And run it with:



            sh /path/to/script < /path/to/iplist.txt


            But if you go that route, Stéphane's approach is better.






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            • I'm running it with sh (I cant change that), so it seems I cannot use arrays.

              – Avión
              yesterday







            • 3





              @Avión what do you mean? You have #!/usr/bin/env bash in your script. Just make the script executable (chmod a+x /path/to/script) and then run it directly: /path/to/script. Alternatively, run it with bash /path/to/script. The only reason you're using sh is because you're calling it with sh /path/to/script.

              – terdon
              yesterday











            • @StéphaneChazelas good point. Done, thanks.

              – terdon
              yesterday















            6














            Since you're using bash, you can use associative arrays:



            #!/usr/bin/env bash

            declare -A ip_list=(["ip_1"]="mykey1.pem" ["ip_2"]="mykey2.pem")

            for ip in "$!ip_list[@]"; do
            ssh -i "$ip_list[$ip]" myuser@"$ip" << 'ENDSSH'
            [A LOT OF STUFF]
            ENDSSH
            done


            Note that associative arrays, unlike regular indexed arrays, are not saved in a specific order, so there is no guarantee that ip_1 will be processed before ip_2.




            If you need to use a simple, POSIX compatible shell, create a file with the ip and key files, one per line:



            $ cat iplist.txt
            ip1 mykey1.pem
            ip2 mykey2.pem


            Then, use this script:



            #!/bin/sh

            while read -r ip key; do
            ssh -i "$key" myuser@"$ip" << 'ENDSSH'
            [A LOT OF STUFF]
            ENDSSH
            done


            And run it with:



            sh /path/to/script < /path/to/iplist.txt


            But if you go that route, Stéphane's approach is better.






            share|improve this answer

























            • I'm running it with sh (I cant change that), so it seems I cannot use arrays.

              – Avión
              yesterday







            • 3





              @Avión what do you mean? You have #!/usr/bin/env bash in your script. Just make the script executable (chmod a+x /path/to/script) and then run it directly: /path/to/script. Alternatively, run it with bash /path/to/script. The only reason you're using sh is because you're calling it with sh /path/to/script.

              – terdon
              yesterday











            • @StéphaneChazelas good point. Done, thanks.

              – terdon
              yesterday













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            6








            6







            Since you're using bash, you can use associative arrays:



            #!/usr/bin/env bash

            declare -A ip_list=(["ip_1"]="mykey1.pem" ["ip_2"]="mykey2.pem")

            for ip in "$!ip_list[@]"; do
            ssh -i "$ip_list[$ip]" myuser@"$ip" << 'ENDSSH'
            [A LOT OF STUFF]
            ENDSSH
            done


            Note that associative arrays, unlike regular indexed arrays, are not saved in a specific order, so there is no guarantee that ip_1 will be processed before ip_2.




            If you need to use a simple, POSIX compatible shell, create a file with the ip and key files, one per line:



            $ cat iplist.txt
            ip1 mykey1.pem
            ip2 mykey2.pem


            Then, use this script:



            #!/bin/sh

            while read -r ip key; do
            ssh -i "$key" myuser@"$ip" << 'ENDSSH'
            [A LOT OF STUFF]
            ENDSSH
            done


            And run it with:



            sh /path/to/script < /path/to/iplist.txt


            But if you go that route, Stéphane's approach is better.






            share|improve this answer















            Since you're using bash, you can use associative arrays:



            #!/usr/bin/env bash

            declare -A ip_list=(["ip_1"]="mykey1.pem" ["ip_2"]="mykey2.pem")

            for ip in "$!ip_list[@]"; do
            ssh -i "$ip_list[$ip]" myuser@"$ip" << 'ENDSSH'
            [A LOT OF STUFF]
            ENDSSH
            done


            Note that associative arrays, unlike regular indexed arrays, are not saved in a specific order, so there is no guarantee that ip_1 will be processed before ip_2.




            If you need to use a simple, POSIX compatible shell, create a file with the ip and key files, one per line:



            $ cat iplist.txt
            ip1 mykey1.pem
            ip2 mykey2.pem


            Then, use this script:



            #!/bin/sh

            while read -r ip key; do
            ssh -i "$key" myuser@"$ip" << 'ENDSSH'
            [A LOT OF STUFF]
            ENDSSH
            done


            And run it with:



            sh /path/to/script < /path/to/iplist.txt


            But if you go that route, Stéphane's approach is better.







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            • I'm running it with sh (I cant change that), so it seems I cannot use arrays.

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              yesterday







            • 3





              @Avión what do you mean? You have #!/usr/bin/env bash in your script. Just make the script executable (chmod a+x /path/to/script) and then run it directly: /path/to/script. Alternatively, run it with bash /path/to/script. The only reason you're using sh is because you're calling it with sh /path/to/script.

              – terdon
              yesterday











            • @StéphaneChazelas good point. Done, thanks.

              – terdon
              yesterday

















            • I'm running it with sh (I cant change that), so it seems I cannot use arrays.

              – Avión
              yesterday







            • 3





              @Avión what do you mean? You have #!/usr/bin/env bash in your script. Just make the script executable (chmod a+x /path/to/script) and then run it directly: /path/to/script. Alternatively, run it with bash /path/to/script. The only reason you're using sh is because you're calling it with sh /path/to/script.

              – terdon
              yesterday











            • @StéphaneChazelas good point. Done, thanks.

              – terdon
              yesterday
















            I'm running it with sh (I cant change that), so it seems I cannot use arrays.

            – Avión
            yesterday






            I'm running it with sh (I cant change that), so it seems I cannot use arrays.

            – Avión
            yesterday





            3




            3





            @Avión what do you mean? You have #!/usr/bin/env bash in your script. Just make the script executable (chmod a+x /path/to/script) and then run it directly: /path/to/script. Alternatively, run it with bash /path/to/script. The only reason you're using sh is because you're calling it with sh /path/to/script.

            – terdon
            yesterday





            @Avión what do you mean? You have #!/usr/bin/env bash in your script. Just make the script executable (chmod a+x /path/to/script) and then run it directly: /path/to/script. Alternatively, run it with bash /path/to/script. The only reason you're using sh is because you're calling it with sh /path/to/script.

            – terdon
            yesterday













            @StéphaneChazelas good point. Done, thanks.

            – terdon
            yesterday





            @StéphaneChazelas good point. Done, thanks.

            – terdon
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            Your original script can be made slightly more portable via set built-in, plus have ip and key go together as one string, colon separated. We later can use prefix and suffix removal to extract corresponding entry



            #!/usr/bin/env bash

            # Set positional parameters
            # Example ip addresses
            set -- 192.168.0.1:mykey1 192.168.1.1:mykey2

            # iterating without specifying 'in' assumes positiona parameters
            for host; do
            ssh -i $host##*:.pem myuser@$host%%:* << 'ENDSSH'
            [A LOT OF STUFF]
            ENDSSH

            done





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              set is not really helping here. You could just as well do for host in 192.168.0.1:mykey1 192.168.1.1:mykey2; do. Note that : is not the best choice of delimiter as it's found in IPv6 addresses. You also need to quote parameter expansions to prevent split+glob

              – Stéphane Chazelas
              yesterday











            • All fair points. Semicolon could serve a better delimiter, maybe ?

              – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
              yesterday















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            Your original script can be made slightly more portable via set built-in, plus have ip and key go together as one string, colon separated. We later can use prefix and suffix removal to extract corresponding entry



            #!/usr/bin/env bash

            # Set positional parameters
            # Example ip addresses
            set -- 192.168.0.1:mykey1 192.168.1.1:mykey2

            # iterating without specifying 'in' assumes positiona parameters
            for host; do
            ssh -i $host##*:.pem myuser@$host%%:* << 'ENDSSH'
            [A LOT OF STUFF]
            ENDSSH

            done





            share|improve this answer


















            • 2





              set is not really helping here. You could just as well do for host in 192.168.0.1:mykey1 192.168.1.1:mykey2; do. Note that : is not the best choice of delimiter as it's found in IPv6 addresses. You also need to quote parameter expansions to prevent split+glob

              – Stéphane Chazelas
              yesterday











            • All fair points. Semicolon could serve a better delimiter, maybe ?

              – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
              yesterday













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            Your original script can be made slightly more portable via set built-in, plus have ip and key go together as one string, colon separated. We later can use prefix and suffix removal to extract corresponding entry



            #!/usr/bin/env bash

            # Set positional parameters
            # Example ip addresses
            set -- 192.168.0.1:mykey1 192.168.1.1:mykey2

            # iterating without specifying 'in' assumes positiona parameters
            for host; do
            ssh -i $host##*:.pem myuser@$host%%:* << 'ENDSSH'
            [A LOT OF STUFF]
            ENDSSH

            done





            share|improve this answer













            Your original script can be made slightly more portable via set built-in, plus have ip and key go together as one string, colon separated. We later can use prefix and suffix removal to extract corresponding entry



            #!/usr/bin/env bash

            # Set positional parameters
            # Example ip addresses
            set -- 192.168.0.1:mykey1 192.168.1.1:mykey2

            # iterating without specifying 'in' assumes positiona parameters
            for host; do
            ssh -i $host##*:.pem myuser@$host%%:* << 'ENDSSH'
            [A LOT OF STUFF]
            ENDSSH

            done






            share|improve this answer












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              set is not really helping here. You could just as well do for host in 192.168.0.1:mykey1 192.168.1.1:mykey2; do. Note that : is not the best choice of delimiter as it's found in IPv6 addresses. You also need to quote parameter expansions to prevent split+glob

              – Stéphane Chazelas
              yesterday











            • All fair points. Semicolon could serve a better delimiter, maybe ?

              – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
              yesterday












            • 2





              set is not really helping here. You could just as well do for host in 192.168.0.1:mykey1 192.168.1.1:mykey2; do. Note that : is not the best choice of delimiter as it's found in IPv6 addresses. You also need to quote parameter expansions to prevent split+glob

              – Stéphane Chazelas
              yesterday











            • All fair points. Semicolon could serve a better delimiter, maybe ?

              – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
              yesterday







            2




            2





            set is not really helping here. You could just as well do for host in 192.168.0.1:mykey1 192.168.1.1:mykey2; do. Note that : is not the best choice of delimiter as it's found in IPv6 addresses. You also need to quote parameter expansions to prevent split+glob

            – Stéphane Chazelas
            yesterday





            set is not really helping here. You could just as well do for host in 192.168.0.1:mykey1 192.168.1.1:mykey2; do. Note that : is not the best choice of delimiter as it's found in IPv6 addresses. You also need to quote parameter expansions to prevent split+glob

            – Stéphane Chazelas
            yesterday













            All fair points. Semicolon could serve a better delimiter, maybe ?

            – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
            yesterday





            All fair points. Semicolon could serve a better delimiter, maybe ?

            – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
            yesterday










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