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# 8  
Old 02-14-2012
Use backslashes ..
Code:
$ ssh user@servername "a=\$(hostname); echo \$a"
servername
$

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# 9  
Old 02-14-2012
getting error sh: syntax error at line 1: `a=$' unexpected

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Originally Posted by jayan_jay
Use backslashes ..
Code:
$ ssh user@servername "a=\$(hostname); echo \$a"
servername
$

# 10  
Old 02-14-2012
try this...
Code:
 
ssh user@servername 'a=5; echo "value of $a"'

why dont you put the script in the destination server and invoke it from the ssh ?

Code:
ssh user@server "sh /path/of/remote/server/script.sh"
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