cannot send * through axiom-exec

[proabiral]

When I tried to send * via axiom-exec to remote machine, the * get expanded in local machine rather than remote machine.

For Example :

Running following command :

axiom-exec "ls /tmp/*"

send ls <list of files in /tmp/ on localmachine> to remove boxes.

I tried running the command with single quote axiom-exec 'ls /tmp/*' and also escaping * with \ axiom-exec 'ls /tmp/\*' axiom-exec "ls /tmp/\*" but none of it worked.

Please let me know if I could not explain the issue properly.

[0xtavian]

@proabiral i don’t believe asterisk ever worked thru axiom-exec. You should be able to accomplish the same above by running axiom-exec 'ls /tmp/'. Lmk if that helps.

[proabiral]

Hello @0xtavian ,

Thank you for such a quick response. I can not run something like axiom-exec 'ls /tmp/' when I need to list files starting with certain names like axiom-exec 'ls /tmp/dirsearch*'

I came up with the following temporary fix, (wrapping user supplied command in double quote " while passing to ssh):

axiom_execx(){
    servers="fleet01 fleet02 fleet03 fleet04 fleet05"
    echo $servers | xargs -n1 | xargs -I {} -P 100 -t ssh {} -F /home/foobar/.axiom/.sshconfig "$1"
}

axiom_execx "ls /tmp/dirsearch*"

Maybe it is possible to implement something that that with axiom-exec and axiom-ssh.

[0xtavian]

@proabiral this fix is being worked on here. I should be able to push by end of week.

[proabiral]

@0xtavian Thanks.

A similar bug also exists on axiom-scp :

When I run something like : axiom-scp 'myfleet*':"/tmp/dir_*" '/tmp/puredns_axiom/'

I get error like following - (* is getting replaced by instance name in path aswell )

rsync: link_stat "/tmp/dir_myfleet01" failed: No such file or directory (2)

rsync: link_stat "/tmp/dir_myfleet02" failed: No such file or directory (2)

rsync: link_stat "/tmp/dir_myfleet03" failed: No such file or directory (2)

[0xtavian]

This fix for exec has been pushed to master. Scp will follow in the coming weeks. Thank you!