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I use CentOS with Bash and I would like to download, execute and delete the executed downloaded file (running a remote/cloud script locally). I often prefer to load my own shell scripts from my ow...
#6: Post edited
- I use CentOS with Bash and I would like to _download, execute and delete the executed downloaded file_ (running a remote/cloud script locally).
- I often prefer to load my own shell scripts from my own GitHub account. I will normally do it for small shell scripts not exceeding approximately 25 code lines.
- ---
- I tried to execute a remote script ending with a `while true; do case esac done` with:
- ```shell
- wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/<username>/<project>/<branch>/<path>/<file> | bash
- ```
- But then I had the problem of endless loop of `echo` in a `case esac` for some reason (<kbd>CTRL</kbd>+<kbd>C</kbd> stopped it) so I turned to a more "traditional" way of running remote scripts such as:
- ```shell
cd ${HOME} &&- wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/<username>/<project>/<branch>/<path>/<file> &&
- source FILENAME &&
- rm FILENAME
- ```
- ---
- How would you make that "traditional" code more validated? More secured?
- An example for a current problem; the file downloaded can have a trivial name such as `install.sh` and collide with similar files (the `rm` is especially problematic here I think).
- I use CentOS with Bash and I would like to _download, execute and delete the executed downloaded file_ (running a remote/cloud script locally).
- I often prefer to load my own shell scripts from my own GitHub account. I will normally do it for small shell scripts not exceeding approximately 25 code lines.
- ---
- I tried to execute a remote script ending with a `while true; do case esac done` with:
- ```shell
- wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/<username>/<project>/<branch>/<path>/<file> | bash
- ```
- But then I had the problem of endless loop of `echo` in a `case esac` for some reason (<kbd>CTRL</kbd>+<kbd>C</kbd> stopped it) so I turned to a more "traditional" way of running remote scripts such as:
- ```shell
- cd DESTINATION &&
- wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/<username>/<project>/<branch>/<path>/<file> &&
- source FILENAME &&
- rm FILENAME
- ```
- ---
- How would you make that "traditional" code more validated? More secured?
- An example for a current problem; the file downloaded can have a trivial name such as `install.sh` and collide with similar files (the `rm` is especially problematic here I think).
#5: Post edited
- I use CentOS with Bash and I would like to _download, execute and delete the executed downloaded file_ (running a remote/cloud script locally).
- I often prefer to load my own shell scripts from my own GitHub account. I will normally do it for small shell scripts not exceeding approximately 25 code lines.
- ---
- I tried to execute a remote script ending with a `while true; do case esac done` with:
- ```shell
- wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/<username>/<project>/<branch>/<path>/<file> | bash
- ```
But then I had the problem of endless loop of `echo` in a `case esac` for some reason (<kbd>CTRL</kbd>+<kbd>C</kbd> stopped the endless `echo`ing) so I turned to a more "traditional" way of running remote scripts such as:- ```shell
- cd ${HOME} &&
- wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/<username>/<project>/<branch>/<path>/<file> &&
- source FILENAME &&
- rm FILENAME
- ```
- ---
- How would you make that "traditional" code more validated? More secured?
- An example for a current problem; the file downloaded can have a trivial name such as `install.sh` and collide with similar files (the `rm` is especially problematic here I think).
- I use CentOS with Bash and I would like to _download, execute and delete the executed downloaded file_ (running a remote/cloud script locally).
- I often prefer to load my own shell scripts from my own GitHub account. I will normally do it for small shell scripts not exceeding approximately 25 code lines.
- ---
- I tried to execute a remote script ending with a `while true; do case esac done` with:
- ```shell
- wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/<username>/<project>/<branch>/<path>/<file> | bash
- ```
- But then I had the problem of endless loop of `echo` in a `case esac` for some reason (<kbd>CTRL</kbd>+<kbd>C</kbd> stopped it) so I turned to a more "traditional" way of running remote scripts such as:
- ```shell
- cd ${HOME} &&
- wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/<username>/<project>/<branch>/<path>/<file> &&
- source FILENAME &&
- rm FILENAME
- ```
- ---
- How would you make that "traditional" code more validated? More secured?
- An example for a current problem; the file downloaded can have a trivial name such as `install.sh` and collide with similar files (the `rm` is especially problematic here I think).
#4: Post edited
- I use CentOS with Bash and I would like to _download, execute and delete the executed downloaded file_ (running a remote/cloud script locally).
- I often prefer to load my own shell scripts from my own GitHub account. I will normally do it for small shell scripts not exceeding approximately 25 code lines.
- I tried to execute a remote script ending with a `while true; do case esac done` with:
- ```shell
- wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/<username>/<project>/<branch>/<path>/<file> | bash
- ```
- But then I had the problem of endless loop of `echo` in a `case esac` for some reason (<kbd>CTRL</kbd>+<kbd>C</kbd> stopped the endless `echo`ing) so I turned to a more "traditional" way of running remote scripts such as:
- ```shell
- cd ${HOME} &&
- wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/<username>/<project>/<branch>/<path>/<file> &&
- source FILENAME &&
- rm FILENAME
- ```
- How would you make that "traditional" code more validated? More secured?
- An example for a current problem; the file downloaded can have a trivial name such as `install.sh` and collide with similar files (the `rm` is especially problematic here I think).
- I use CentOS with Bash and I would like to _download, execute and delete the executed downloaded file_ (running a remote/cloud script locally).
- I often prefer to load my own shell scripts from my own GitHub account. I will normally do it for small shell scripts not exceeding approximately 25 code lines.
- ---
- I tried to execute a remote script ending with a `while true; do case esac done` with:
- ```shell
- wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/<username>/<project>/<branch>/<path>/<file> | bash
- ```
- But then I had the problem of endless loop of `echo` in a `case esac` for some reason (<kbd>CTRL</kbd>+<kbd>C</kbd> stopped the endless `echo`ing) so I turned to a more "traditional" way of running remote scripts such as:
- ```shell
- cd ${HOME} &&
- wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/<username>/<project>/<branch>/<path>/<file> &&
- source FILENAME &&
- rm FILENAME
- ```
- ---
- How would you make that "traditional" code more validated? More secured?
- An example for a current problem; the file downloaded can have a trivial name such as `install.sh` and collide with similar files (the `rm` is especially problematic here I think).
#3: Post edited
- I use CentOS with Bash and I would like to _download, execute and delete the executed downloaded file_ (running a remote/cloud script locally).
I often prefer to load my own shell scripts from my own GitHub account (as of 2021 it doesn't even have followers so no one is likely to try to crack it anytime soon). I will normally do it for small shell scripts not exceeding approximately 25 code lines.- I tried to execute a remote script ending with a `while true; do case esac done` with:
- ```shell
- wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/<username>/<project>/<branch>/<path>/<file> | bash
- ```
- But then I had the problem of endless loop of `echo` in a `case esac` for some reason (<kbd>CTRL</kbd>+<kbd>C</kbd> stopped the endless `echo`ing) so I turned to a more "traditional" way of running remote scripts such as:
- ```shell
- cd ${HOME} &&
- wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/<username>/<project>/<branch>/<path>/<file> &&
- source FILENAME &&
- rm FILENAME
- ```
- How would you make that "traditional" code more validated? More secured?
- An example for a current problem; the file downloaded can have a trivial name such as `install.sh` and collide with similar files (the `rm` is especially problematic here I think).
- I use CentOS with Bash and I would like to _download, execute and delete the executed downloaded file_ (running a remote/cloud script locally).
- I often prefer to load my own shell scripts from my own GitHub account. I will normally do it for small shell scripts not exceeding approximately 25 code lines.
- I tried to execute a remote script ending with a `while true; do case esac done` with:
- ```shell
- wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/<username>/<project>/<branch>/<path>/<file> | bash
- ```
- But then I had the problem of endless loop of `echo` in a `case esac` for some reason (<kbd>CTRL</kbd>+<kbd>C</kbd> stopped the endless `echo`ing) so I turned to a more "traditional" way of running remote scripts such as:
- ```shell
- cd ${HOME} &&
- wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/<username>/<project>/<branch>/<path>/<file> &&
- source FILENAME &&
- rm FILENAME
- ```
- How would you make that "traditional" code more validated? More secured?
- An example for a current problem; the file downloaded can have a trivial name such as `install.sh` and collide with similar files (the `rm` is especially problematic here I think).
#2: Post edited
- I use CentOS with Bash and I would like to _download, execute and delete the executed downloaded file_ (running a remote/cloud script locally).
- I often prefer to load my own shell scripts from my own GitHub account (as of 2021 it doesn't even have followers so no one is likely to try to crack it anytime soon). I will normally do it for small shell scripts not exceeding approximately 25 code lines.
I tried to execute a remote script which included a `while true; do case esac done` with:- ```shell
- wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/<username>/<project>/<branch>/<path>/<file> | bash
- ```
- But then I had the problem of endless loop of `echo` in a `case esac` for some reason (<kbd>CTRL</kbd>+<kbd>C</kbd> stopped the endless `echo`ing) so I turned to a more "traditional" way of running remote scripts such as:
- ```shell
- cd ${HOME} &&
- wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/<username>/<project>/<branch>/<path>/<file> &&
- source FILENAME &&
- rm FILENAME
- ```
- How would you make that "traditional" code more validated? More secured?
- An example for a current problem; the file downloaded can have a trivial name such as `install.sh` and collide with similar files (the `rm` is especially problematic here I think).
- I use CentOS with Bash and I would like to _download, execute and delete the executed downloaded file_ (running a remote/cloud script locally).
- I often prefer to load my own shell scripts from my own GitHub account (as of 2021 it doesn't even have followers so no one is likely to try to crack it anytime soon). I will normally do it for small shell scripts not exceeding approximately 25 code lines.
- I tried to execute a remote script ending with a `while true; do case esac done` with:
- ```shell
- wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/<username>/<project>/<branch>/<path>/<file> | bash
- ```
- But then I had the problem of endless loop of `echo` in a `case esac` for some reason (<kbd>CTRL</kbd>+<kbd>C</kbd> stopped the endless `echo`ing) so I turned to a more "traditional" way of running remote scripts such as:
- ```shell
- cd ${HOME} &&
- wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/<username>/<project>/<branch>/<path>/<file> &&
- source FILENAME &&
- rm FILENAME
- ```
- How would you make that "traditional" code more validated? More secured?
- An example for a current problem; the file downloaded can have a trivial name such as `install.sh` and collide with similar files (the `rm` is especially problematic here I think).
#1: Initial revision
Running remote scripts (cloud scripts) locally --- valid and securely as possible
I use CentOS with Bash and I would like to _download, execute and delete the executed downloaded file_ (running a remote/cloud script locally).
I often prefer to load my own shell scripts from my own GitHub account (as of 2021 it doesn't even have followers so no one is likely to try to crack it anytime soon). I will normally do it for small shell scripts not exceeding approximately 25 code lines.
I tried to execute a remote script which included a `while true; do case esac done` with:
```shell
wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/<username>/<project>/<branch>/<path>/<file> | bash
```
But then I had the problem of endless loop of `echo` in a `case esac` for some reason (<kbd>CTRL</kbd>+<kbd>C</kbd> stopped the endless `echo`ing) so I turned to a more "traditional" way of running remote scripts such as:
```shell
cd ${HOME} &&
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/<username>/<project>/<branch>/<path>/<file> &&
source FILENAME &&
rm FILENAME
```
How would you make that "traditional" code more validated? More secured?
An example for a current problem; the file downloaded can have a trivial name such as `install.sh` and collide with similar files (the `rm` is especially problematic here I think).