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Yeah, I can do that, but I dont like the message "No process vlc found" if there is no instance of vlc is running. The if is to check if there is one running, then it will kill it, otherwise do...

Hi folks,

What I want to do is to check if there is an instance of running vlc on a remote server, then kill it, and start it again. The code I came up with is:
#!/bin/bash

expectFcn() {
...

How did you run the script via mouse? When double click on the script, there should be a dialog asking you if you want to Run in terminal, Display, Cancel or Run. Run or Run in terminal both works...

Thanks Jim. At first I thought of doing something similar to that: write a code to decode (my own algorithm or any available tools) the encrypted password. But then at last the naked password will...

Got it. Thanks Alister.

D.

Hi Corona, I think you got it wrong. I did mention that I knew authorized keys already (and I have been using it quite a while), but in my opinion it is not automation as expect (yes, I thought it...

That is so true Corona, and I should have quoted "Best" to imply what I really wanted when posting the question: I want to learn. Few days ago I still thought that ssh was impossible to be automated,...

Your tr'ing way is interesting fubaya. Honestly I have not heard of tr before. Anyway, that is just to protect the bash script itself, not the information produced by ps. The second way (which I...

Thanks danmero for your suggestion. I want to avoid this as well, because I want to create a ready-to-run program, no need to type anything else (pass phrase for example).

D.

Dear folks,

The title of my thread says mostly all of what I want to do. Basically I want to auto-ssh to a remote host, and run a program on it (VLC is just an example). I wrote a script which...