Creating a new ssh config for ssh connections to a server.

addnewsshconnection.sh

if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
    echo "this script works for ~/.ssh/ and uses the filename from \n
your first argument and the server from your second argument"
    echo "example: $1 keyname_rsa username@serveraddress.net"
    exit 1
fi
#not checking if second argument contains @.

echo "generating ssh-key with specified name:"
echo ~/.ssh/$1 | ssh-keygen
echo "next please enter the password for the server:"
ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/$1 $2
address="$(cut -d'@' -f2 <<<$2)"
user="$(cut -d'@' -f1 <<<$2)"
echo "now go edit your ~/.ssh/config"
echo "would you like to automatically fill in this suggestion:"
echo "Host $1"
echo "        HostName $address
        User $user
        IdentityFile ~/.ssh/$1\n"
echo "press y for the suggestion or n to exit."
echo "Do that? [Y,n]"
read input
if [[ $input == "Y" || $input == "y" ]]; then
        echo "ok, inserting into ~/.ssh/config ..."
        echo "\nHost $1\n        HostName $address
        User $user
        IdentityFile ~/.ssh/$1\n">> ~/.ssh/config
        echo "done :)"
else
        echo "okay, bye!"
fi