Streamed connection doesn't output anything

[EwanValentine]

Going by your example, I tried doing

process.stdin
            .pipe(exec('echo try typing something; cat -', hostInstance))
            .pipe(process.stdout);

It connects, but when I run a command, nothing happens?

Cheers in advance!

[mafintosh]

It should just echo what you type (thats what cat - does). Does this not work?

[EwanValentine]

Ahh yes, that works. I was trying to implement this in order to start a terminal session as though you'd just ssh'd into a server in the traditional way. However, I don't get the host name or etc? If I run

process.stdin.pipe(exec('sh', hostInstance)).pipe(process.stdout);

I get a shell session, but there's no host name or anything, it's just blank?

Sorry if this doesn't make any sense, having trouble explaining this one!

[mafintosh]

Ah. What you wanna do is

var exec = require('ssh-exec')

process.stdin
  .pipe(exec('/bin/bash --rcfile .bashrc -i', 'user@remote.com'))
  .pipe(process.stdout)

[EwanValentine]

Ahaaaa! Fantastic. Thanks for that :) Great library by the way.

[mafintosh]

👍 You probably want to set process.stdin.setRawMode(true) as well