executing method on remote machine with sshpass shell script

Question

How to execute a method on remote machine connecting with sshpass Following is the code:

#!/bin/bash
checkfunctioncall() {
cd "/home/user"
mkdir "remotecalltest"

}

sshpass -p "$serverpwd" ssh "$serveruser"@"$serverip" checkfunctioncall

but I am getting below error:

bash: checkfunctioncall: command not found

Please suggest

I am specifically looking for solution with sshpass, as I need to login to remote server with a password

Possible duplicate of [Shell script: Run function from script over ssh](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22107610/shell-script-run-function-from-script-over-ssh) — Andrew, Jun 08 '17 at 15:20
@Andrew: No, Its not, I already saw this post, but I am specifically looking for solution with sshpass, as I need to login to remote server with a password — Saurabh Mehta, Jun 08 '17 at 15:25
You just can't execute locally defined function, because the remote machine knows nothing about it. Write the script you want to run, copy it to the remote machine and then run it. — nsilent22, Jun 08 '17 at 19:55

skr · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-08T16:01:28.723

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I think this will remove the above error.

sshpass -p "$serverpwd" ssh "$serveruser"@"$serverip" << EOSSH
checkfunctioncall(){
cd "/home/user"
mkdir "remotecalltest"
}
checkfunctioncall
EOSSH

edited Jun 08 '17 at 16:01

answered Jun 08 '17 at 15:40

skr

what if I want to call another function from this function (which also needs to be executed on remote server); it again gives same error – Saurabh Mehta Jun 08 '17 at 15:42
Set the correct PATH variable in your script function OR set it as on the command itself. – vtha Jun 08 '17 at 16:02
@vtha for me it worked.without giving the PATH variable. – skr Jun 08 '17 at 21:54

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