SSH remote server - display only "echo" on output in terminal

Question

I have bash script (for example):

ssh -t -t [email protected] << EOF
    cd /home/admin
    mkdir test
    echo 'Some text'
    exit 
EOF

Can I display only "echo" command in terminal? It is possible?

Now all commands are displayed.

Thank you

Solution

Specifying the commands on standard input with ssh -t causes the commands to be echoed back, but you don't have to do that.

ssh -t [email protected] "
    cd /home/admin
    mkdir test
    echo 'Some text'"

(The exit isn't really required or useful, so I left it out.)

Use single quotes if you want to prevent the local shell from interpolating variables etc in the string containing the commands.

To selectively display an individual command as well as its output, you can use something like

    sh -vc 'echo \"Some text\"'

although the nested quoting can start getting on your nerves pretty quickly.