How to delete files from another server using a shell script

Question

Suppose we have two servers 'A' and 'B'.

Server B:

Directory structure: /a/b/c/

The above directory has the files below:
2016xzy
2016abc
2016pqr
2015ghj

I want to delete all files which have names starting with 2016 from server B (/a/b/c/).
The shell script should be on server 'A'.
The pattern (i.e. 2016) should be taken as a variable in the shell script.

"from one server to another" - should be "from" another? Using "to" sounds like you want to move the files. (?) — w3d, yesterday

heemayl · Answer 1 · 2016-10-26 05:49:05Z

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Just do, from server_A:

ssh server_B 'rm -- /a/b/c/2016*'

Passing starting pattern as variable:

var=2016
ssh server_B "rm -- /a/b/c/${var}*"

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