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SSH Bookmark manager for quick connecting to ssh servers.
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # SSH Bookmarks Script - https://github.com/siniradam | |
| # This script contains functions to store, list and quick connecting to frequently used SSH servers. | |
| # | |
| # I wrote this script to be used for mac, for other OS it might need some adjustment. | |
| # | |
| # `sshAdd <server_name> <server_ip> <username>` to add a record. | |
| # `sshList` to list servers. | |
| # `sshCon <server_name>` to connect. | |
| # You can place this file in: ${HOME}/bin/ folder and source it in your .zprofile as: `source ~/bin/ssh-bookmarks.sh` | |
| __ssh_store_path(){ | |
| printf '%s\n' "${HOME}/.config/secure-connect" | |
| } | |
| __ssh_store_file(){ | |
| printf '%s\n' "$(__ssh_store_path)/servers" | |
| } | |
| sshAdd(){ | |
| [[ $# -eq 3 ]] || { printf 'Usage: %s <name> <host> <user>\n' "${FUNCNAME[0]:-${0##*/}}"; return 1; } | |
| local name="$1" host="$2" username="$3" | |
| [[ -n "$name" && -n "$host" && -n "$username" ]] || { printf 'All parameters must be non-empty.\n' >&2; return 1; } | |
| local store_dir="$(__ssh_store_path)" | |
| local store_file="$(__ssh_store_file)" | |
| [[ ! -e "$store_dir" || -d "$store_dir" ]] || { printf '%s exists and is not a directory.\n' "$store_dir" >&2; return 1; } | |
| mkdir -p "$store_dir" || { printf 'Unable to create %s\n' "$store_dir" >&2; return 1; } | |
| chmod 700 "$store_dir" 2>/dev/null || { printf 'Unable to set permissions on %s\n' "$store_dir" >&2; return 1; } | |
| local tmp | |
| tmp="$(mktemp "$store_dir/servers.XXXXXX")" || { printf 'Unable to create temporary file.\n' >&2; return 1; } | |
| if [[ -s "$store_file" ]]; then | |
| awk -F'|' -v n="$name" '$1 != n' "$store_file" > "$tmp" || { printf 'Failed to read existing entries.\n' >&2; rm -f "$tmp"; return 1; } | |
| else | |
| : > "$tmp" || { printf 'Failed to create temporary file.\n' >&2; rm -f "$tmp"; return 1; } | |
| fi | |
| printf '%s|%s|%s\n' "$name" "$host" "$username" >> "$tmp" || { printf 'Failed to write entry.\n' >&2; rm -f "$tmp"; return 1; } | |
| mv "$tmp" "$store_file" || { printf 'Failed to update store.\n' >&2; rm -f "$tmp"; return 1; } | |
| chmod 600 "$store_file" 2>/dev/null | |
| printf '\033[33m' | |
| printf 'Stored entry %s (%s@%s)\n' "$name" "$username" "$host" | |
| printf '\033[0m' | |
| return 0 | |
| } | |
| sshList(){ | |
| local file | |
| file="$(__ssh_store_file)" | |
| [[ -s "$file" ]] || { printf 'No stored entries.\n'; return 0; } | |
| # Make titles stand out with a different color | |
| printf '\033[43m' | |
| printf '%-20s %-40s %s\n' "NAME" "HOST" "USER" | |
| printf '\033[0m' | |
| while IFS='|' read -r n h u; do | |
| [[ -z "$n" ]] && continue | |
| printf '%-20s %-40s %s\n' "$n" "$h" "$u" | |
| done < "$file" | |
| } | |
| sshCon(){ | |
| [[ $# -ge 1 ]] || { printf 'Usage: %s <name> [ssh_args...]\n' "${FUNCNAME[0]}"; return 1; } | |
| local name="$1" file entry host user | |
| shift | |
| file="$(__ssh_store_file)" | |
| [[ -r "$file" ]] || { printf 'Connection store unavailable.\n' >&2; return 1; } | |
| entry="$(awk -F'|' -v n="$name" '$1 == n{print; exit}' "$file")" | |
| [[ -n "$entry" ]] || { printf 'Entry %s not found.\n' "$name" >&2; return 1; } | |
| IFS='|' read -r _ host user <<< "$entry" | |
| [[ -n "$host" && -n "$user" ]] || { printf 'Corrupted entry for %s.\n' "$name" >&2; return 1; } | |
| ssh "$user@$host" "$@" | |
| } | |
| sshUpdate(){ | |
| [[ $# -eq 3 ]] || { printf 'Usage: %s <name> <host> <user>\n' "${FUNCNAME[0]}"; return 1; } | |
| local name="$1" host="$2" user="$3" file | |
| file="$(__ssh_store_file)" | |
| [[ -f "$file" ]] || { printf 'Entry %s not found.\n' "$name" >&2; return 1; } | |
| if ! awk -F'|' -v n="$name" '$1 == n{found=1} END{exit !found}' "$file"; then | |
| printf 'Entry %s not found.\n' "$name" >&2 | |
| return 1 | |
| fi | |
| sshAdd "$name" "$host" "$user" | |
| } |
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