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ssh prompt like Xmonad.Prompt.Ssh

Tue, 01 Apr 2014 20:02:04 +0000

Is there a way to implement an ssh prompt, similar to Xmonad.Prompt.Ssh (sorry can't post a link)? The way it works in Xmonad, is that when you press the key binding, you get a prompt, like dmenu, in which you type in a name of a host, and when you press you get a terminal with ssh to that host. Very useful when working a lot with remote machines, saves the trouble of openning a shell and calling 'ssh ' I guess one could come up with a script that parses .ssh/config, and calls dmenu on it, but I'm wondering if there's already something like that out there

Answer by yhager for
Is there a way to implement an ssh prompt, similar to Xmonad.Prompt.Ssh (sorry can't post a link)?

The way it works in Xmonad, is that when you press the key binding, you get a prompt, like dmenu, in which you type in a name of a host, and when you press <enter> you get a terminal with ssh to that host.

Very useful when working a lot with remote machines, saves the trouble of openning a shell and calling 'ssh <host>'

I guess one could come up with a script that parses .ssh/config, and calls dmenu on it, but I'm wondering if there's already something like that out there

Mon, 28 Sep 2015 16:51:59 +0000

Answer by joepd for
Is there a way to implement an ssh prompt, similar to Xmonad.Prompt.Ssh (sorry can't post a link)?

The way it works in Xmonad, is that when you press the key binding, you get a prompt, like dmenu, in which you type in a name of a host, and when you press <enter> you get a terminal with ssh to that host.

Very useful when working a lot with remote machines, saves the trouble of openning a shell and calling 'ssh <host>'

I guess one could come up with a script that parses .ssh/config, and calls dmenu on it, but I'm wondering if there's already something like that out there

Tue, 01 Apr 2014 22:17:11 +0000

Wrap something like this with a keybind, that should do the trick: urxvt -e ssh $(awk '{print $1}' ~/.ssh/known_hosts | dmenu -i -nb black -nf red -sb red -sf black -l 12)

Comment by yhager for

Wrap something like this with a keybind, that should do the trick:

urxvt -e ssh $(awk '{print $1}' ~/.ssh/known_hosts | dmenu -i -nb black -nf red -sb red -sf black -l 12)

Tue, 01 Apr 2014 22:34:22 +0000

perfect, thanks!