PuTTY 0.54 rpms (http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/)

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Sat, 21 Feb 2004, WipeOut wrote:

> Jeff Vian wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > WipeOut wrote:
> >
> >> 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..
> >>
> >> ssh -Cg -L xx:<ip>:xx -L yy:<ip>:yy -L zz<ip>:zz <server name>
> >>
> >> This is a real PITA to remember or have to type out each time I want 
> >> to connect..
> >
> >
> > Easy enough to either create a script or an alias per server.  Then 
> > the brain does not have to remember all that each time 
> 
> Well you learn something new every day.. I did not know about "alias" 
> for complex command lines..

and if it's a little too complicated for an alias (that is, it needs an
argument or two), there's always shell functions.

rday