openssh to issue remote commands

I need to issue several commands on a remote system and perform
processing on the local system. I was using rsh but now considering the
use of openssh. With rsh, I would issue each command with a new rsh
command which has a lot of overhead. I would like a method where I
could leave the connection open and issue the commands as needed. Is
there an easy method for doing this with openssh? Can I assign STDIN &
STDOUT to named pipes and use these named pipes to send commands and
receive responses?

I'm new to openssh. Even better would be if I could issue multiple
commands at the same time. Is there a method using different channels
in openssh that I could use? Is it better to single thread the
commands?

Are there better, easier to implement open products that I have not
considered?

Thanks for any suggestions

On 5 Aug 2005 17:02:10 -0700, Jon_P
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I need to issue several commands on a remote system and perform
> processing on the local system. I was using rsh but now considering the
> use of openssh. With rsh, I would issue each command with a new rsh
> command which has a lot of overhead. I would like a method where I
> could leave the connection open and issue the commands as needed. Is
> there an easy method for doing this with openssh?

xterm -e ssh hostname &
or "screen ssh hostname" if you prefer.

> Can I assign STDIN & STDOUT to named pipes and use these named pipes
> to send commands and receive responses?
>
That could be another way to do it.


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