import argparse, os ssh_template = """ HOST {name} HostName {hostname} User {user} Port {port} """ def args_to_obj(args): obj = ssh_template.format(**args) return obj def add_to_conf(conf, obj): conf = os.path.expanduser(conf) with open(conf, 'a') as f: f.write(obj) def main(): # create the top-level parser parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog = "Adds ssh hosts to the ssh config file. Is kind of a simple script which doesn't support all the options. May update with more stuff. \nExample usage: ./ssh_adder myhost 192.168.80.1 --user someuser --port 2200 --conf /path/to/non-default/ssh/config") # create the parser for the "a" command parser.add_argument('name', help = "This is the name of the Host to add to the config. For instance, if you want to do `ssh somehost`, then name should be `somehost`") parser.add_argument('hostname', help = "This is the hostname/ip address of the host. If `somehost`'s address is 192.168.80.1, then hostname=192.168.80.1") parser.add_argument('--user', default = 'root', help="The user to connect with. Defaults to root") parser.add_argument('--port', default = 22, type = int, help = "The port to connect to. Defaults to 22") parser.add_argument('--conf', default = '~/.ssh/config', help = "The path to the ssh config file. Defaults to ~/.ssh/config, which is the default location. ") args = parser.parse_args() obj = args_to_obj(args.__dict__) add_to_conf(args.conf, obj) main()