Sublime text 2 - How to run a shell command over ssh?

Question

I'm new to Sublime Text 2 and there's something I haven't figured out yet, how can I run a bash command over SSH ?

For example, to view the Apache error log on my dev server, I'd like to be able to run :

ssh [email protected] "tail -10 /var/log/httpd-error-user.log"

Instead of having to open a terminal, I'd like to run this from within the editor with a keyboad shortcut.

I've read about build systems, but I'm not sure it's the way to go, also it seems to allow only one command.

Answer 1

I'll answer my own question. You can easily create a build pointing to any script, so all I had to do was create myscript.sh containing :

#!/bin/bash
ssh [email protected] "tail -10 /var/log/httpd-error-user.log" 

And then create a new Build System in ST2 to call it :

{
    "cmd": ["./myscript.sh"]
}

Note : In this example (i'm on Linux), myscript.sh is located in /home/mike/.config/sublime-text-2/Packages/User/

Answer 2

If You are on a windows machine, You could try this:

1. Install Putty. You we'll need plink from this package.
2. Update Your PATH variable with Putty install directory.

3. Create a Build System in Sublime

   {
    "cmd": ["plink", "-pw", "<password>", "<userid>@<remotehost>", "./your-script.sh"]
   }
   

I use it for remote make, works quite good.

Note that your password is plain text here. I know it's no good ;]. This is just an example. To fix it keybased login could be used. Google PuttyGen and autologin.