Advice on running perl program over ssh

Amblikai has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi Monks, just looking for advice on whats the best approach to take with a particular problem.

Basically i write and run all my perl on a local machine where i can install cpan modules etc. I could in theory install them on the remote account but its not an approach i want to take, i'll spare you the boring details

So at the moment i have a perl program which generates a shell script. I then sftp this script to the remote machine (an lsf) and i execute it there.

I'd like to make this a single step. Is there an good way of doing this or should i just keep the original steps and put them in a script on the local machine

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Re: Advice on running perl program over ssh by salva (Canon) on Jul 15, 2014 at 08:46 UTC
Most shells (all?) can read the script from the stdin stream.	[reply]
Re^2: Advice on running perl program over ssh by Amblikai (Scribe) on Jul 15, 2014 at 09:15 UTC
Ah ok, i didn't know you could do that! Good to know. With a bit of googling, am i right in saying that the correct format would be: `user@localhost> ssh user@remotehost tcsh < shell_script.sh` [download] What if i wanted to set an environment variable first? Thanks for your reply!	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Advice on running perl program over ssh by Anonymous Monk on Jul 15, 2014 at 09:27 UTC
As shown, it is the ssh process which would receive the contents of your shell script. Is your "shell_script.sh" really a csh script? If so, do consider renaming it to "shell_script.csh" or "shell_script.tcsh" for the sanity of everybody else.	[reply]
Re^4: Advice on running perl program over ssh by salva (Canon) on Jul 15, 2014 at 09:35 UTC
Re^5: Advice on running perl program over ssh by Anonymous Monk on Jul 15, 2014 at 09:40 UTC
Re^4: Advice on running perl program over ssh by Amblikai (Scribe) on Jul 15, 2014 at 09:41 UTC
Re^5: Advice on running perl program over ssh by roboticus (Chancellor) on Jul 15, 2014 at 12:47 UTC
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Re^5: Advice on running perl program over ssh by salva (Canon) on Jul 15, 2014 at 14:59 UTC
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Re: Advice on running perl program over ssh by vinoth.ree (Monsignor) on Jul 15, 2014 at 05:30 UTC
I then sftp this script to the remote machine sftp what the perl program or the shell script which your perl program generates ? *All is well*	[reply]
Re^2: Advice on running perl program over ssh by marto (Cardinal) on Jul 15, 2014 at 07:28 UTC
Isn't that exactly what they say they're doing? "I then sftp this script to the remote machine (an lsf) and i execute it there"	[reply]
Re^2: Advice on running perl program over ssh by Anonymous Monk on Jul 15, 2014 at 08:55 UTC
Yes it's the generated script. Thanks.	[reply]