jenkins-helpers.sh: Add remote_exec helper

Change-Id: I709feab6aa37e6b9b1302fe31f39be063d27115d

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/jenkins-helpers.sh b/jenkins-helpers.sh
index a012a631..09a9c78c 100644
--- a/jenkins-helpers.sh
+++ b/jenkins-helpers.sh
@@ -106,3 +106,20 @@ print_tester_label_for_target ()
     esac
     )
 }
+
+# Run command on remote machine in given directory via ssh on a given port
+# "$1" -- <host>[:<port>[:<dir>]]
+# "$2, $3, etc" -- command and its arguments
+# E.g., remote_exec dev-01.tcwglab::/tmp find -name "my file.bak"
+remote_exec ()
+{
+    local host="$(echo $1 | cut -d: -f 1)"
+    local port="$(echo $1 | cut -s -d: -f 2)"
+    local dir="$(echo $1 | cut -s -d: -f 3)"
+    shift
+    local -a cmd
+    cmd=()
+    # Add quotes to every parameter
+    for i in "$@"; do cmd+=($(printf '%q' "$i")); done
+    ssh ${port:+-p$port} -A $host "${dir:+cd "$(printf '%q' "$dir")" &&} exec ${cmd[@]}"
+}