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pssh(1)								       pssh(1)

NAME
       pssh — parallel ssh program

SYNOPSIS
       pssh  [-vAiIP]  [-h  hosts_file]	 [-H [user@]host[:port]] [-l user] [-p
       par] [-o outdir] [-e errdir] [-t timeout] [-O options]  [-x  args]  [-X
       arg] command ...

       pssh  -I [-vAiIP] [-h hosts_file] [-H [user@]host[:port]] [-l user] [-p
       par] [-o outdir] [-e errdir] [-t timeout] [-O options]  [-x  args]  [-X
       arg] [command ...]

DESCRIPTION
       pssh  is	 a program for executing ssh in parallel on a number of hosts.
       It provides features such as sending input to  all  of  the  processes,
       passing a password to ssh, saving output to files, and timing out.

       The  PSSH_NODENUM  and  PSSH_HOST environment variables are sent to the
       remote host.  The PSSH_NODENUM variable is assigned a unique number for
       each  ssh  connection,  starting with 0 and counting up.	 The PSSH_HOST
       variable is assigned the name of the host as  specified	in  the	 hosts
       list.   Note  that  sshd	 drops	environment  variables	by default, so
       sshd_config on the remote host must include the line:
	      AcceptEnv PSSH_NODENUM PSSH_HOST

OPTIONS
       -h host_file
       --hosts host_file
	      Read hosts from the given host_file.  Lines in the host file are
	      of  the  form [user@]host[:port] and can include blank lines and
	      comments (lines beginning with "#").  If multiple host files are
	      given  (the -h option is used more than once), then pssh behaves
	      as though these files were concatenated together.	 If a host  is
	      specified	 multiple times, then pssh will connect the given num‐
	      ber of times.

       -H     [user@]host[:port]
       --host [user@]host[:port]
       -H     "[user@]host[:port] [ [user@]host[:port ] ... ]"
       --host "[user@]host[:port] [ [user@]host[:port ] ... ]"
	      Add the given host strings to the list of	 hosts.	  This	option
	      may be given multiple times, and may be used in conjunction with
	      the -h option.

       -l user
       --user user
	      Use the given username as the default for any host entries  that
	      don't specifically specify a user.

       -p parallelism
       --par parallelism
	      Use the given number as the maximum number of concurrent connec‐
	      tions.

       -t timeout
       --timeout timeout
	      Make connections time out after the  given  number  of  seconds.
	      With a value of 0, pssh will not timeout any connections.

       -o outdir
       --outdir outdir
	      Save standard output to files in the given directory.  Filenames
	      are of the form [user@]host[:port][.num] where the user and port
	      are  only	 included for hosts that explicitly specify them.  The
	      number is a counter that is incremented each time for hosts that
	      are specified more than once.

       -e errdir
       --errdir errdir
	      Save  standard error to files in the given directory.  Filenames
	      are of the same form as with the -o option.

       -x args
       --extra-args args
	      Passes extra SSH command-line arguments (see the ssh(1) man page
	      for  more	 information about SSH arguments).  This option may be
	      specified multiple times.	 The arguments are processed to	 split
	      on whitespace, protect text within quotes, and escape with back‐
	      slashes.	To pass arguments without such processing, use the  -X
	      option instead.

       -X arg
       --extra-arg arg
	      Passes  a	 single	 SSH command-line argument (see the ssh(1) man
	      page for more information about SSH arguments).  Unlike  the  -x
	      option,  no  processing  is performed on the argument, including
	      word splitting.  To pass multiple	 command-line  arguments,  use
	      the option once for each argument.

       -O options
       --options options
	      SSH  options  in	the  format used in the SSH configuration file
	      (see the ssh_config(5) man page  for  more  information).	  This
	      option may be specified multiple times.

       -A
       --askpass
	      Prompt  for  a password and pass it to ssh.  The password may be
	      used for either to unlock a key or for password  authentication.
	      The  password is transferred in a fairly secure manner (e.g., it
	      will not show up in argument lists).  However, be aware  that  a
	      root  user  on your system could potentially intercept the pass‐
	      word.

       -i
       --inline
	      Display standard output and standard error  as  each  host  com‐
	      pletes.

       --inline-stdout
	      Display  standard	 output	 (but not standard error) as each host
	      completes.

       -v
       --verbose
	      Include error messages from ssh with the -i and \ options.

       -I
       --send-input
	      Read input and send to each ssh process.	 Since	ssh  allows  a
	      command  script  to be sent on standard input, the -I option may
	      be used in lieu of the command argument.

       -P
       --print
	      Display output as it arrives.  This option is of limited useful‐
	      ness because output from different hosts are interleaved.

EXAMPLES
       Connect to host1 and host2, and print "hello, world" from each:
	      pssh -i -H "host1 host2" echo "hello, world"

       Print "hello, world" from each host specified in the file hosts.txt:
	      pssh -i -h hosts.txt echo "hello, world"

       Run a command as root with a prompt for the root password:
	      pssh -i -h hosts.txt -A -l root echo hi

       Run a long command without timing out:
	      pssh -i -h hosts.txt -t 0 sleep 10000

       If  the file hosts.txt has a large number of entries, say 100, then the
       parallelism option may also be set to 100 to ensure that	 the  commands
       are run concurrently:
	      pssh -i -h hosts.txt -p 100 -t 0 sleep 10000

       Run a command without checking or saving host keys:
	      pssh  -i	-H  host1  -H host2 -x "-O StrictHostKeyChecking=no -O
	      UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -O  GlobalKnownHostsFile=/dev/null"
	      echo hi

       Print  the  node	 number for each connection (this will print 0, 1, and
       2):
	      pssh -i -H host1 -H host1 -H host2 'echo $PSSH_NODENUM'

TIPS
       If you have a set of hosts that you connect to frequently with specific
       options, it may be helpful to create an alias such as:
	      alias pssh_servers="pssh -h /path/to/server_list.txt -l root -A"

       The  ssh_config	file can include an arbitrary number of Host sections.
       Each host entry specifies ssh options which apply  only	to  the	 given
       host.   Host  definitions  can even behave like aliases if the HostName
       option is included.  This ssh feature, in combination  with  pssh  host
       files, provides a tremendous amount of flexibility.

EXIT STATUS
       The exit status codes from pssh are as follows:

       0      Success

       1      Miscellaneous error

       2      Syntax or usage error

       3      At least one process was killed by a signal or timed out.

       4      All  processes  completed, but at least one ssh process reported
	      an error (exit status 255).

       5      There were no ssh errors, but at least one remote command had  a
	      non-zero exit status.

AUTHORS
       Written	by  Brent  N. Chun <bnc@theether.org> and Andrew McNabb <amcn‐
       abb@mcnabbs.org>.

       http://code.google.com/p/parallel-ssh/

SEE ALSO
       ssh(1), ssh_config(5), pscp(1), prsync(1), pslurp(1), pnuke(1),

			       January 24, 2012			       pssh(1)
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