Sample: SimpleShell - Simple Shell

Executes simple commands through an SSH shell.

This utility connects to the specified SSH server and initializes a shell session. Then it sends any command entered by the user to the server and reads the server respose character by character to present it to the user as soon as possible. Check out the Using shell and Reading command response tutorials for more information about the Shell class.

This sample shows:

• Using of the Ssh and Shell classes.
• Sending a command to the server.
• Reading a response from the server.

C#

// start the shell in WellKnownShell mode 
Shell shell = ssh.StartShell(ShellMode.WellKnownShell);

// main loop 
while (shell.Connected)
{
    // output a prompt to a console 
    Console.Write("Enter shell command: ");

    // read the command from a console 
    string command = Console.ReadLine();

    // send the command to the server 
    shell.SendCommand(command);

    // read the response continuously character by character until EndOfResponse is reached 
    for (char c = shell.ReadChar(); c != Shell.EndOfResponse; c = shell.ReadChar())
    {
        // output the character to a console 
        Console.Write(c);
    }
}

VB.NET

' start the shell in WellKnownShell mode 
Dim shell As Shell = ssh.StartShell(ShellMode.WellKnownShell)

' main loop 
While (shell.Connected)

    ' output a prompt to a console 
    Console.Write("Enter shell command: ")

    ' read the command from a console 
    Dim command As String = Console.ReadLine()

    ' send the command to the server 
    shell.SendCommand(command)

    ' read the response continuously character by character until EndOfResponse is reached 
    Dim c As Char = shell.ReadChar()
    While Not c = shell.EndOfResponse
        ' output the character to a console 
        Console.Write(c)

        ' read the next character 
        shell.ReadChar()
    End While 

End While 

See also:

• Sample list
• Tutorial list