# BIGSSH not recognising external input correctly

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bigssh-not-recognising-external-input-correctly/36109>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [18 November 2020 01:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bigssh-not-recognising-external-input-correctly/36109 "2020-11-18T01:00:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![bkdfkup](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/bkdfkup/32/33024_2.png) [@bkdfkup](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bkdfkup)\
**Post date:** [18 November 2020 01:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bigssh-not-recognising-external-input-correctly/36109/1 "2020-11-18T01:00:57Z")

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Hi Node-RED community.

I have an issue where the BIGSSH node will not accurately relay a command payload )from an external node) when a pipe ("|") is used to process the output of the initial command.

Example: "whois xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx | grep netname"

IF I enter the command into the BIGSSH node directly it outputs correctly, however if passed to the node as an argument, it fails. I particularly need to input this from outside BIGSSH due to the IP address not being static.

Has anyone had experience with this?

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![zenofmud](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/zenofmud/32/316_2.png) [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)\
**Post date:** [18 November 2020 11:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bigssh-not-recognising-external-input-correctly/36109/2 "2020-11-18T11:15:39Z")

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You might want to contact the author on [GitHub](https://github.com/Jacques44/node-red-contrib-bigssh). I'd also mention to the author that e hasn't provided any example flow.

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**Author:** ![bkdfkup](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/bkdfkup/32/33024_2.png) [@bkdfkup](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bkdfkup)\
**Post date:** [2 December 2020 20:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bigssh-not-recognising-external-input-correctly/36109/3 "2020-12-02T20:16:32Z")

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Thanks for your help. The Dev released a new version to enable the capability! Also added some example flows. Cheers.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [16 December 2020 20:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bigssh-not-recognising-external-input-correctly/36109/4 "2020-12-16T20:16:55Z")

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