Problem:

Can I run commands on a UNIX machine from SilkCentral Test Manager and return the output?

Resolution:

QUESTION
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Can I run commands on a UNIX machine from SilkCentral Test Manager and return the output?

ANSWER
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We provide a plugin that adds the "SSH Test" test type to the available test types for a test definition. It is quite simple to use with the user being requested to specify the following pieces of information:

Any output from running the UNIX command will be included in the results file. The SSHLauncher plugin can be downloaded from
here

SSH plugin installation instructions "ReadMe.txt" contained in the above download.