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[Jeff Vian]

Robert P. J. Day wrote:

>On Sat, 21 Feb 2004, WipeOut wrote:
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>>Jeff Vian wrote:
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>>>WipeOut wrote:
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>>>>Quite simple really.. I usually need to map at least 3 ports to work 
>>>>across the ssh link on each of the servers I am accessing.. So the 
>>>>command line would end up being something like this..
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>>>>ssh -Cg -L xx:<ip>:xx -L yy:<ip>:yy -L zz<ip>:zz <server name>
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>>>>This is a real PITA to remember or have to type out each time I want 
>>>>to connect..
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>>>Easy enough to either create a script or an alias per server.  Then 
>>>the brain does not have to remember all that each time 
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>>Well you learn something new every day.. I did not know about "alias" 
>>for complex command lines..
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>and if it's a little too complicated for an alias (that is, it needs an
>argument or two), there's always shell functions.
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True, but even complex commands work as an alias.  Command line optios 
override ( some/all ) of the options embeded in the alias.   See the 
'rm' command for root in all versions of RH/fedora I have used since abt 
4.2.  It is an alias for 'rm -i' but the use of the -f option will 
override that.

One note is that when you create an alias for a normal command, the 
alias takes precedence.  You can override this precedence by using the 
full path to the normal command.

A smartly written script will allow additonal options to be used from 
the command line as well.