Start up a socks proxy using SSH

start_socks_proxy.sh

#!/bin/bash

local_port="9090"
read -e -p "Enter the local port to run the proxy on: " -i "$local_port" local_port

remote_host="cleverfishsoftware.com"
read -e -p "Enter the remote host to run the proxy from: " -i "$remote_host" remote_host

remote_port="22"
read -e -p "Enter the remote ssh port: " -i "$remote_port" remote_port

fork_local_process="n"
read -e -p "Run process in background (y/n)?": " -i "$fork_local_process" fork_local_process
fork_option=""
if [ "$fork_local_process" == "y" ]; then
  fork_option="-f"
fi
cmd='ssh -D '$local_port' -CN '$fork_option $remote_host' -p '$remote_port
echo "$cmd"
response="y"
read -e -p "About to run command $cmd" -i $response response
if [ "$response" == 'y' ]; then
  eval "$cmd"
fi