pass enter key from Java to Shell script - java

I am trying a Java program to run multiple commands in unix environment. I would need to pass 'ENTER' after each command. Is there some way to pass enter in the InputStream.
JSch jsch=new JSch();
Session session=jsch.getSession("MYUSERNAME", "SERVER", 22);
session.setPassword("MYPASSWORD");
Properties config = new Properties();
config.put("StrictHostKeyChecking", "no");
session.setConfig(config);
session.connect();
Channel channel= session.openChannel("shell");
channel.setInputStream(getInputStream("ls -l"));
channel.setInputStream(getInputStream("\r\n"));
channel.setInputStream(getInputStream("pwd"));
channel.setInputStream(getInputStream("\r\n"));
channel.connect();
When I do ls -l, I want to add enter here, so that the command is executed.
getInputStream is a method to convert String into InputStream.
Any help will be appreciated.

According to the JSch javadoc, you must call setInputStream() or getOutputStream() before connect(). You can only do one of these, once.
For your purposes, getOutputStream() seems more appropriate. Once you have an OutputStream, you can wrap it in a PrintWriter to make sending commands easier.
Similarly you can use channel.getInputStream() to acquire an InputStream from which you can read results.
OutputStream os = channel.getOutputStream();
PrintWriter writer = new PrintWriter(os);
InputStream is = channel.getInputStream();
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is));
channel.connect();
writer.println("ls -l");
String response = reader.readLine();
while(response != null) {
// do something with response
response = reader.readLine();
}
writer.println("pwd");
If you're determined to use setInputStream() instead of getOutputStream() then you can only do that once, so you'll have to put all your lines into one String:
channel.setInputStream(getInputStream("ls -l\npwd\n"));
(I don't think you need \r, but add it back in if necessary)
If you're not familiar with working with streams, writers and readers, do some study on these before working with JSch.

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I tried to use InputStream and Buffer[], also BufferedReader, also PipedInputStream. For all cases i got null:
sessionB = jSch.getSession(username, "localhost", forwardedPort);
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if(sessionB.isConnected()) {
System.out.println("Connected host B!");
channel = (ChannelExec) sessionB.openChannel("exec");
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((ChannelExec)channel).setErrStream(System.err);
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}
And console output:
Connected host A! Connected host B! Channel is connected!
Problem: I got nothing printed (System.out.println(line);)
There is a way to get that stream from exec channel over portforwarding ? Thanks for your help
get/setInputStream and get/setOutputStream only concern the standard input/output of the command, nothing to do with port forwarding.
The port forwarding is done through two functions setPortForwardingL and setPortForwardingR.
You should have something like that in your code.
int assinged_port=session.setPortForwardingL(lport, rhost, rport);
As always, there is very few documentation on JSCH but a lot of detailed examples for L forwarding and R forwarding
The port forwarding is done on the session so I'm not sure you also need an active connection. But if you do, you should consider opening a 'shell' connection instead of an 'exec'. Then you wouldn't have to run a useless command just to maintain the connection.
PS: Some code is missing so it's difficult to say something precise on the example given in the question.
Thanks for your help. I solved it using Pipes, i share what i did:
PipedInputStream en = new PipedInputStream();
pin = new PipedOutputStream((PipedInputStream) en);
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader((PipedInputStream)
channel.getInputStream()));
channel.connect(5*1000);
String received=null;
while((received=br.readLine())!=null) {
System.out.println(received);
}

Providing input/subcommands to command executed over SSH with JSch

I'm trying to manage router via Java application using Jcraft Jsch library.
I'm trying to send Router Config via TFTP server. The problem is in my Java code because this works with PuTTY.
This my Java code:
int port=22;
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String ip ="192.168.18.100";
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Line has an invalid autocommand '192.168.50.1'
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Calling ChannelExec.setCommand multiple times has no effect.
And even if it had, I'd guess that the 192.168.50.1 : and Config.txt are not commands, but inputs to the copy run tftp : command, aren't they?
If that's the case, you need to write them to the command input.
Something like this:
ChannelExec channel = (ChannelExec) session.openChannel("exec");
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channelExec.connect();
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In general, it's always better to check if the command has better "API" than feeding the commands to input. Commands usually have command-line arguments/switches that serve the desired purpose better.
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How to write a string to a file located in remote server (linux)

I was trying to build an small code where I want to create some string and transfer that string to a file (that should be created in runtime) located in remote server. In my case the remote server is Linux.
Can someone help me here? I was using a JSCH and ChannelSftp but unable to do the thing. Below is my code:
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System.out.println("Session connected");
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Sorry if you find this stupid but I am very new to it.
ChannelSftp has versions of the put method which accept a filename on the remote system and which return an OutputStream. Anything written to the OutputStream is written to the file on the remote system. You can write binary data to an OutputStream, or convert it to a Writer if you want to write text to it:
try (OutputStream out = channelSftp.put("/some/remote/file")) {
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} catch (IOException e) {
....
}
#Kenster answer doesn't work for me (get a 0 bytes file), so I gets another solution:
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'Echo' linux command is not working through Java Code

I am trying to execute a simple linux command to append some text to a file in remote server through my java code. But it isn't working. When I run the same command in the linux box it works fine.
try {
java.util.Properties config = new java.util.Properties();
config.put("StrictHostKeyChecking", "no");
JSch jsch = new JSch();
Session sessionwrite = jsch.getSession(user2, host2, 22);
sessionwrite.setPassword(password2);
sessionwrite.setConfig(config);
sessionwrite.connect();
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BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
channel.getInputStream()));
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((ChannelExec) channel).setCommand(command);
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channel.getInputStream()));
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You're missing the call to channel.connect(). connect() is the method which actually sends the request to the remote server to invoke the command. You should also call channel.disconnect() when finished with the channel to terminate it. Your code might look something like this:
Channel channel = sessionwrite.openChannel("exec");
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channel.getInputStream()));
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channel.connect();
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SSH Output always empty

I've been trying to figure out this problem for hours now and I cant seem to figure it out. I'm trying to use JSch to SSH to a Linux computer from an Android phone. The commands always work fine but the output of the channel is usually empty. Sometimes it displays the output but most of the time it doesn't. Here's the code that I found online.
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