nssh - An easy way to manage SSH connections in Linux

Command line tool for manage ~/.ssh/config written in Go.

Inspired by storm project.

Index

• Install
• Commands
• Features
• Donate

Install

With go get

go get -u github.com/nicolascb/nssh

Manual

Download binary from releases

Commands

USAGE:
   nssh [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]

VERSION:
   2.0

DESCRIPTION:
   An easy way to manage SSH config, see more: github.com/nicolascb/nssh

AUTHOR:
   Nicolas Barbosa <ndevbarbosa@gmail.com>

COMMANDS:
     add      Add a new SSH alias to ~/.ssh/config
     del      Delete SSH by alias name
     edit     Edit SSH alias by name
     list     List SSH alias
     search   Search SSH alias by given search text
     help, h  Shows a list of commands or help for one command

GLOBAL OPTIONS:
   --help, -h     show help
   --version, -v  print the version

Features

• Add
• Edit
• List
• Delete
• Search

Add

NAME:
   add - Add a new SSH alias to ~/.ssh/config

USAGE:
   nssh add [-h] [--key SSH_KEY_FILE] name user@host:port -o option=value -o option2=value2

OPTIONS:
   --key value  SSH Key
   -o value     Option config

User and port is optional.

Use -o to set custom options.

Examples:

nssh add prod 192.168.0.99
nssh add dev dev@10.16.1.100 -o connecttimeout=60
nssh add nicolascb root@nicolascb.com.br:5122 --key ~/mykey -o connecttimeout=60 -o loglevel=info

Edit

NAME:
   edit - Edit SSH alias by name

USAGE:
   nssh edit [-h] [--key SSH_KEY_FILE] name user@host:port -o option=value -o option2=value2 -p

OPTIONS:
   --key value  SSH Key
   -r value     Rename host
   -o value     Option config
   -p           Preserve options
   -f           Force edit, don't ask to preserve another options

Use -o to set custom options.

Use -r to rename host.

IMPORTANT

Use -p to preserve another options.

Use -f to force edit and don't ask to preserve another options.

Examples:

# Only rename host and preserve another options
nssh edit prod -r prod_cloud -p

## Set connectimeout and a new hostname and not preserve options
nssh edit dev -o connectimeout=60 -o hostname=10.10.2.2 -f

## Update
nssh edit nicolascb nicolas@nicolascb.com.br:22 --key ~/mykey2 -p

List

NAME:
   list - List SSH alias

USAGE:
   nssh list [-h]

Examples:

nssh list

Delete

NAME:
   del - Delete SSH by alias name

USAGE:
   nssh del [-h] name

Examples:

nssh del dev_teste

Search

NAME:
   search - Search SSH alias by given search text

USAGE:
   nssh search [-h] text

Examples:

nssh search nicolas