Passing variables in remote ssh command

Question

I want to be able to run a command from my machine using ssh and pass through the environment variable $BUILD_NUMBER

Here\'s what I\'m trying:

Answer 1

The list of accepted environment variables on SSHD by default includes LC_*. Thus:

LC_MY_BUILDN="1.2.3" ssh -o "SendEnv LC_MY_BUILDN" ssh-host 'echo $LC_MY_BUILDN'
1.2.3