Expect script to automatically create a ssh tunnel from a local port to a remote destination.

tunnel-ssh.sh

#!/usr/bin/expect -f
set ssh_host  "172.19.10.80"
set ssh_user "user"
set ssh_password "password"
set dest_host "172.19.10.91"
set dest_port 8080 
set local_port 80

set timeout -1
spawn ssh -N $ssh_user@$ssh_host -L 127.0.0.1:$local_port:$dest_host:$dest_port
expect -- "*?assword:*"
send $ssh_password
send "\r"
puts "\rTunnel stablished."
puts "\rEnter 'close' to finish tunneling."
expect_user -re "close"

This can be expanded to create several tunnels by duplicating lines 10-13 and adding the proper configuration variables.

@ramonpin You do not need to duplicate 10-13, all you need to do is repeat -L 127.0.0.1:$local_port:$dest_host:$dest_port on line 10 and it would set up multiple tunnels through a single session with no recursive sessions (which would happen with multiple 10-13 lines)