How do I set up ssh port forwarding and run a curl in a single command?

Question

I want to set up port forwarding with ssh like so:

ssh [email protected] -L 5656:remoteserver:80 -N

and then run a curl command:

curl http://localhost:5656/my/endpoint/

I can accomplish this just fine using two commands, but how can I combine them into a single working command?

I'm on OSX if that matters.

Possible duplicate of [Consecutive commands](http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/184493/consecutive-commands) — Matt Vollrath, Feb 26 '16 at 21:13

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 26 '16 at 20:58

7

Do you really need to do both of the things? Would not be easier to curl on the remote server and pull the result without port forwarding, such as

ssh [email protected] curl http://remoteserver/my/endpoint/ -o - > result

answered Feb 26 '16 at 20:58

Jakuje

You're right. I was overthinking this problem. Thanks! – tmatti Feb 26 '16 at 21:01

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