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[openssh] 04/04: upstream: Document behaviour of arguments following non-interactive
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commit 66a658b5d9e009ea11f8a0ca6e69c7feb2d851ea
Author: dtucker@openbsd.org <dtucker@openbsd.org>
Date: Fri Sep 10 10:26:02 2021 +0000

upstream: Document behaviour of arguments following non-interactive

commands. Prompted by github PR#139 from EvanTheB, feedback & ok djm@ jmc@

OpenBSD-Commit-ID: fc758d1fe0471dfab4304fcad6cd4ecc3d79162a
---
ssh.1 | 13 +++++++++----
ssh.c | 4 ++--
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ssh.1 b/ssh.1
index 2e009b25..7efb2382 100644
--- a/ssh.1
+++ b/ssh.1
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: ssh.1,v 1.426 2021/09/03 07:27:03 dtucker Exp $
-.Dd $Mdocdate: September 3 2021 $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh.1,v 1.427 2021/09/10 10:26:02 dtucker Exp $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: September 10 2021 $
.Dt SSH 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
.Op Fl W Ar host : Ns Ar port
.Op Fl w Ar local_tun Ns Op : Ns Ar remote_tun
.Ar destination
-.Op Ar command
+.Op Ar command Op Ar argument ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
(SSH client) is a program for logging into a remote machine and for
@@ -94,7 +94,12 @@ their identity to the remote machine using one of several methods
If a
.Ar command
is specified,
-it is executed on the remote host instead of a login shell.
+it will be executed on the remote host instead of a login shell.
+A complete command line may be specified as
+.Ar command ,
+or it may have additional arguments.
+If supplied, the arguments will be appended to the command, separated by
+spaces, before it is sent to the server to be executed.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Pp
diff --git a/ssh.c b/ssh.c
index 533a6aa9..79b7673d 100644
--- a/ssh.c
+++ b/ssh.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: ssh.c,v 1.566 2021/08/08 08:49:09 dtucker Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: ssh.c,v 1.567 2021/09/10 10:26:02 dtucker Exp $ */
/*
* Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
* Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ usage(void)
" [-i identity_file] [-J [user@]host[:port]] [-L address]\n"
" [-l login_name] [-m mac_spec] [-O ctl_cmd] [-o option] [-p port]\n"
" [-Q query_option] [-R address] [-S ctl_path] [-W host:port]\n"
-" [-w local_tun[:remote_tun]] destination [command]\n"
+" [-w local_tun[:remote_tun]] destination [command [argument ...]]\n"
);
exit(255);
}

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