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ssh-argv0: replaces the old ssh command-name as hostname handling

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NAME

ssh-argv0 - replaces the old ssh command-name as hostname handling

SYNOPSIS

hostname | user [at] hostname [-l login_name ] [command ]

hostname | user [at] hostname [-afgknqstvxACNTX1246 ] [-b bind_address ] [-c cipher_spec ] [-e escape_char ] [-i identity_file ] [-l login_name ] [-m mac_spec ] [-o option ] [-p port ] [-F configfile ] [-L port host hostport ] [-R port host hostport ] [-D port ] [command ]

DESCRIPTION

ssh-argv0 replaces the old ssh command-name as hostname handling. If you link to this script with a hostname then executing the link is equivalent to having executed ssh with that hostname as an argument. All other arguments are passed to ssh and will be processed normally.

OPTIONS

See ssh(1).

FILES

See ssh(1).

AUTHORS

OpenSSH is a derivative of the original and free ssh 1.2.12 release by Tatu Ylonen. Aaron Campbell, Bob Beck, Markus Friedl, Niels Provos, Theo de Raadt and Dug Song removed many bugs, re-added newer features and created OpenSSH. Markus Friedl contributed the support for SSH protocol versions 1.5 and 2.0. Natalie Amery wrote this ssh-argv0 script and the associated documentation.