A workflow for Alfred Powerpack users to rapidly open Secure SHell (ssh) sessions with smart hostname autocompletion based on the contents of ~/.ssh/known_hosts, ~/.ssh/config, /etc/hosts and (optionally) Bonjour.
- Alfred (version 2.4+/3.1+)
- The Alfred Powerpack.
- (optional) pybonjour
Type ssh in Alfred followed by either a literal hostname or by some letters from the hostname of a host referenced in any of ~/.ssh/known_hosts, ~/.ssh/config, /etc/hosts, or (with pybonjour installed) Bonjour.
Alfred 3 only: workflow configuration is available by setting/changing Workflow Environment Variables (accessed via the [𝓍] button within the workflow):
- disable unwanted sources by setting the associated Workflow Environment Variable to 0; e.g.
alfredssh_known_hosts,alfredssh_ssh_config,alfredssh_hosts,alfredssh_bonjour. - change the maximum number of returned results by changing
alfredssh_max_results(default=36). - add additional files listing valid host completions (e.g. for pre-seeding) by adding space-separated short-name=~/file/path entries to the
alfredssh_extra_filesWorkflow Environment Variable. Lines beginning with#are ignored, all other whitespace separated words are assumed to be valid hostnames.
If you wish to have iTerm2 act as ssh protocol handler rather than Terminal.app, create a new iTerm2 profile with “Name” $$USER$$@$$HOST$$, “Command” $$ and “Schemes handled” ssh (e.g. here and here).