Passing a variable to a remote host in a bash script with ssh and EOF [duplicate]

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Use printf %q to escape content in an eval-safe form; after doing so, you can pass them on the command line of the remote shell, and retrieve them via $1, $2, etc. within the remote script:

# put contents of $VAR into $var_str in a format that a shell can interpret
printf -v var_str %q "$VAR"

#                                    v- pass the value on the shell command line
#                                    |           v- keep escaping the heredoc securely
#                                    |           |
ssh -T -p 1234 root@"$host" "bash -s $var_str" <<'EOF'

# retrieve it off the shell command line
var=$1

# ...and use it as you like thereafter.
echo "Remotely using $var"
EOF

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