SSH Shortcut for Purdue Servers
Tired of typing data.cs.purdue.edu?
It can be tedious to type ssh <username>@<machine>.cs.purdue.edu over and over again whenever you need to login to a CS machine.
Here’s a little shell function which shortens this command to just
Installation
Copy and paste the following code into your shell rc file. This may be ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc.
<username> () {
ssh <username>@${1:-<default_machine>}.cs.purdue.edu
}
Make sure to replace any information in between the < and > symbols. For example, my function looks like this:
hankinsj () {
ssh hankinsj@${1:-data}.cs.purdue.edu
}
My username is hankinsj and my default machine is data in this example.
Usage
$ <username> You can include an optional argument which specifies the machine to connect to. Otherwise, it will connect to your chosen default machine.
Example
$ hankinsj mc04 This will connect me automatically to mc04.cs.purdue.edu.
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