sshko

🚀 sshko is a simple SSH connection manager for lazy people (and proud of it!).
Stop memorizing hostnames, ports, and SSH flags — just save them once and pick from a dialog menu next time.

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✨ Features

• Automatically logs every SSH connection you make via sshko.
• Stores connections (with optional notes) in ~/.sshLog.txt (CSV format).
• Supports advanced SSH options, e.g. -p 3002 user@host.
• Interactive dialog menu with:
  • Connect — jump straight into SSH.
  • Delete — remove entries you don’t need anymore.
  • Cancel — quit the menu.
• Super easy to tweak: it’s just a bash script.

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📦 Requirements

• ssh
• dialog (for the menu UI)

Install dialog if missing:

Debian/Ubuntu

sudo apt install ssh dialog

Fedora/RHEL

sudo dnf install openssh dialog

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⚡ Installation

1. Copy sshko.sh to your home directory (or anywhere you like):

   cp sshko.sh ~/
   

2. Make it executable:

   chmod +x ~/sshko.sh
   

3. Add an alias to your shell config (~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc):

   alias sshko="~/sshko.sh $@"
   

4. Reload your shell:

   source ~/.bashrc
   

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🛠 Usage

First run

sshko

If no connections are saved yet, you’ll see:

ssh log file is empty

Add a new connection

Use sshko the same way you’d use ssh:

sshko user@192.168.1.101

• The connection is saved to ~/.sshLog.txt.
• You’ll be prompted for an optional note (e.g., Home server).
• sshko then connects you right away.

Example entry in ~/.sshLog.txt:

user@192.168.1.101, Home server

Advanced SSH with options

You can store full SSH specs, including flags:

sshko -p 3002 admin@14.11.17.16

Saved as:

-p 3002 admin@14.72.117.167, Jenkins

Open the menu

Run:

sshko

You’ll get a dialog menu like this:

SSH                               | NOTE
--------------------------------- | ----------------
user@192.168.1.101                | Home server
-p 3002 admin@14.11.17.16        | Jenkins

From here you can:

• Connect to a host
• Delete an entry
• Cancel to exit

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📂 Data storage

Connections are stored in:

~/.sshLog.txt

Each line is:

<ssh command>, <note>

Examples:

user@192.168.1.101, Home server
-p 3002 stas@14.72.117.167, Jenkins

You can edit this file manually if you want to rename notes or reorder connections.

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🎉 Why sshko?

Because you’re lazy 😅 — and that’s a feature.
Why memorize every host, port, and flag when you can just run sshko and pick from a menu?

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Happy SSH-ing! 🔑✨