Shell input/output segregation

At a remote shell processor in a network computing environment, a method of ensuring that commands are properly executed at a remote command-line shell processor by separating the command from input and output streams, the method comprising:

• receiving at a command-line shell processor an execution request message that includes a command, wherein the command is received as a unit that includes one or more of a command name, one or more switches, or other information needed for a successful execution thereof;
• sending an acknowledgement that the command has properly been received by the command-line shell processor;
• after sending the acknowledgement, receiving input for the command as one or more streams of data;
• and
• in response to the execution of the command using the streamed input, sending one or more streams of output data from the command-line shell processor.

At a client in a network computing environment, a computer program product for implementing a method of ensuring that commands are properly executed at a remote command-line shell processor by separating the command from input and output streams, the computer program product comprising one or more computer readable media having stored thereon computer executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, can cause the client to perform the following:

• send an execution request message that includes a command to a command-line shell processor for execution, wherein the command is sent as a unit that includes one or more of a command name, one or more switches, or other information needed for a successful execution thereof,
• upon receiving acknowledgement that the command has properly been received by the command-line shell processor, send input for the command as one or more streams of data;
• and
• in response to the execution of the command using the streamed input, receive one or more streams of output data from the command-line shell processor.