C# Command Run remote System

Question

I have to Run a command in Unix System from my C# Application running on Windows. The two system is in same network and I have all the required credentials.

Is there is any API from which I can run "ls" command of UNIX from C# code by establishing a SSH connection.

EDIT: I am looking for a solution which will help in running any command or script present in Remote System.

Answer 1

Systems that run SSH usually support some kind of SFTP, so you could just use something like SSH.NET:

using (var sftpClient = new SftpClient("localhost", "root", "bugmenot")
{
    sftpClient.Connect();
    var files = sftpClient.ListDirectory("/tmp");
}

or SharpSSH:

Sftp sftp = new Sftp("localhost", "root", "bugmenot");
try
{
    sftp.Connect();
    ArrayList files = sftp.GetFileList("/tmp");
}
finally
{
    sftp.Close();
}

Edit: You can run any command over SSH with both libraries. Admittedly, I have not done that, yet, but it is supposed to work like this:

SSH.NET

using (var sshClient = new SshClient("localhost", "root", "bugmenot")
{
    sshClient.Connect();
    var cmd = sshClient.RunCommand("ls");
    var output = cmd.Result;
}

SharpSSH

SshStream ssh = new SshStream("localhost", "root", "bugmenot");
try
{
    ssh.Write("ls");
    var output = ssh.ReadResponse();
}
finally
{
    ssh.Close();
}