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SSH Execute Remote Commands

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Shows how to execute a command on an SSH server and retrieve the command output. Go

    success := false

    // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    ssh := chilkat.NewSsh()

    port := 22
    success = ssh.Connect("the-ssh-server.com",port)
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println(ssh.LastErrorText())
        ssh.DisposeSsh()
        return
    }

    // Authenticate using login/password:
    success = ssh.AuthenticatePw("theSshLogin","theSshPassword")
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println(ssh.LastErrorText())
        ssh.DisposeSsh()
        return
    }

    // Send some commands and get the output.
    strOutput := ssh.QuickCommand("df","ansi")
    if ssh.LastMethodSuccess() != true {
        fmt.Println(ssh.LastErrorText())
        ssh.DisposeSsh()
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("---- df ----")
    fmt.Println(*strOutput)

    strOutput = ssh.QuickCommand("echo hello world","ansi")
    if ssh.LastMethodSuccess() != true {
        fmt.Println(ssh.LastErrorText())
        ssh.DisposeSsh()
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("---- echo hello world ----")
    fmt.Println(*strOutput)

    strOutput = ssh.QuickCommand("date","ansi")
    if ssh.LastMethodSuccess() != true {
        fmt.Println(ssh.LastErrorText())
        ssh.DisposeSsh()
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("---- date ----")
    fmt.Println(*strOutput)

    // --------------
    // Sample output:

    // 	---- df ----
    // 	Filesystem    512-blocks      Used  Available Capacity  iused     ifree %iused  Mounted on
    // 	/dev/disk2    2176716032 265736304 1910467728    13% 33281036 238808466   12%   /
    // 	devfs                382       382          0   100%      662         0  100%   /dev
    // 	map -hosts             0         0          0   100%        0         0  100%   /net
    // 	map auto_home          0         0          0   100%        0         0  100%   /home
    // 	/dev/disk3s2      374668    374668          0   100%    93665         0  100%   /Volumes/Google Chrome
    // 
    // 	---- echo hello world ----
    // 	hello world
    // 
    // 	---- date ----
    // 	Thu Dec 22 17:19:32 CST 2016

    ssh.DisposeSsh()