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February 8, 2012 21:03
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Bash AutoComplete from known_hosts
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# add to ~/.bash_profile, and close/reopen a shell. Will autocomplete any hosts found in known_hosts. | |
complete -W "$(echo `cat ~/.ssh/known_hosts | cut -f 1 -d ' ' | sed -e s/,.*//g | uniq | grep -v "\["`;)" ssh |
complete -W "$(awk -F , '/\[/ {hosts[$1]} END {for (host in hosts) {print host}' "$HOME/.ssh/known hosts")"
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@Walentys so didn't even know you commented here...was just looking around at some old gists and saw this...
due to some issues somewhere in my past, I trained myself to use ssh's
-l
flag to set the login and don't use the user@host syntax except in rare cases. Don't remember the specifics of why, it just became a thing.