A package to connect to remote systems, execute system commands, collect results from stdout.
Rsch enables users to connect to remote systems and issue commnads, similar to what the base system function enables for the local system. This can be used to interrogate remote file systems, read data (e.g., using a cat or head system command), or execute any other system command that you like.
New connections are created using get_connection. Given a connection, execute will run a command on the remote system. The execute function will not return anything to your local R session. To get a return value, printout will capture everything printed to the remote stdout since the last call to execute. When you are done manipulating the remote system, use goodbye to close the connection.
# install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("mitre/Rsch", subdir = "rpkg")