Shell Programming and Scripting

$for variable in $(ps -fu user | grep -i something/ | grep -i something | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}');do
> grep $variable /tmp/some_path/*/*
> done

$for variable in $(ssh server_name "ps -fu user | grep -i something/ | grep -i something | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}'");do
> grep $variable /tmp/some_path/*/*
> done

$ssh server_name "for variable in $(ps -fu user | grep -i something/ | grep -i something | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}');do
> grep $variable /tmp/some_path/*/*;
> done"

/bin/ksh: syntax error at line 2: `31656' unexpected

pgrep -u user something

ssh -qx server_name ksh < command.sh

By passing via a stream the script commands are only interpreted by one shell (the ksh at the remote server).

$ssh server_name 'for variable in $(ps -fu user | grep -i something/ | grep -i something | grep -v grep | awk "{print\ \$2}");do  grep "$variable" /tmp/some_path/*/*; done'

$ssh server_name 'for variable in $(ps -fu user | grep -i something/ | grep -i something | grep -v grep | awk "{print \$2}");do  grep "$variable" /tmp/some_path/*/*; done'