On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 15:32 -0600, Kimball Larsen wrote: > So, with a little shell script, let's see just how much of that > tedious old typing we can eliminate: > > Old way: > ssh -l admin -p2774 208.100.143.156 = 35 characters > > New way: > a = 1 character
Awesome, talk about hyper efficiency. You rule! Personally I suggest just using aliases instead of little shell scripts. I actually used to do something similar. My .bashrc would scrape out the hostnames from my .ssh/known_hosts file and autocreate aliases for each one. However each time I wanted to connect to a new server, it would be counter productive because I would type the hostname first, get an error, then type in "ssh hostname". I have since settled on a balance of efficiency and maintenance. "ssh hostname" New hosts work (because they listen on 22), it's fast to type, and doesn't require any per-host setup. --lonnie /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
