Bash scripting and keyboard shortcuts

[Thrashrokz33]

Update: Solved. It was as easy as using Gnome-terminal -e /pathtofile as the shortcut command.

I'm trying to ssh into a server with a bash script so I don't have to type "ssh -l user server" into gnome-terminal every time.

My script works on it's own:



#!/bin/bash
ssh -l myusername theserver.edu

And I'm trying to set a keyboard shortcut, so that I can just hit ctrl+alt+[ and have it open gnome-terminal, and run that script.

I've tried, as a shortcut command:

gnome-terminal && /pathtofile/myscript.sh

and it just opens a blank terminal. Which command should I run so that it opens a blank terminal, and then inside that terminal window, it runs my ssh connect command?

And the reason I can't just make the shortcut to the bash file itself, is that it opens up the wrong program, something called Openssh.

[markbl]

You should learn about ssh client configuration. E.g. to log in to a specific server using a specific username just add the following to your ~/.ssh/config:


Host theserver.edu
User myusername


There is plenty more you can configure. E.g:


Host uni
Hostname theserver.edu
User myusername


Now you can just type "ssh uni". Then learn about the enormously useful Proxycommand to automatically tunnel through intermediate servers etc.

[Bucky Ball]

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