copy file and do command in remote

remote_copy_exec.sh

#!/bin/bash

# configuration
source ./remote_copy_exec.config

# check sshass command installed
if ! type "sshpass" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
    echo "command not found: sshpass"
    exit 1
fi

# parse command line
doc="usage: remote_copy_exec.sh cmdline..."
if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
   echo "$doc"
   exit 0
fi

cmdline="$@"

cur_dir=`pwd`
dir_fname=${cur_dir##*/}

# store remote's rsa key to host
sshpass -p "$pass" ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no $username@$remote "uptime"

# copy local's current dir to server
echo "***** copy $dir_fname's contents to remote *****"
sshpass -p "$pass" rsync -av -e ssh ../$dir_fname/ $username@$remote:$dir_fname/

# do latex and dvipdfmx
echo "***** do command line in remote *****"
echo "cd $dir_fname; ( $cmdline ); cd -"
sshpass -p "$pass" ssh $username@$remote "cd $dir_fname; ( $cmdline ); cd -"

# copy back the pdf file to local
echo "***** restore $dir_fname's contents from remote *****"
sshpass -p "$pass" rsync -av -e ssh $username@$remote:$dir_fname/ ../$dir_fname/

exit 0

the latest version has gone to a repo: https://github.com/tos-kamiya/remote_copy_exec