---
name: "datalad-sshrun"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "datalad"
version: "1.1.5-2.1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/datalad-sshrun"
---

# datalad-sshrun(1)

run command on remote machines via SSH.

## NAME

**datalad sshrun** - run command on remote machines via SSH.

## SYNOPSIS

**datalad sshrun** \[-h\] \[-p PORT\] \[-4\] \[-6\] \[-o OPTION\] \[-n\] \[--version\] login cmd

## DESCRIPTION

This is a replacement for a small part of the functionality of SSH. In addition to SSH alone, this command can make use of datalad's SSH connection management. Its primary use case is to be used with Git as 'core.sshCommand' or via "GIT\_SSH\_COMMAND".

Configure \`datalad.ssh.identityfile\` to pass a file to the ssh's -i option.

## OPTIONS

- login

  \[user@\]hostname.

- cmd

  command for remote execution.

- **-h**, **--help**, **--help-np**

  show this help message. --help-np forcefully disables the use of a pager for displaying the help message

- **-p** *PORT*, **--port** *PORT*

  port to connect to on the remote host.

- **-4**

  use IPv4 addresses only.

- **-6**

  use IPv6 addresses only.

- **-o** OPTION

  configuration option passed to SSH.

- **-n**

  Do not connect stdin to the process.

- **--version**

  show the module and its version which provides the command

## AUTHORS

 datalad is developed by The DataLad Team and Contributors \<team@datalad.org\>.