From c0f20267bbd7f0ae0f091e076692f138d855acb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jbranchaud <jbranchaud@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:00:19 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add Shorten SSH Commands With Aliases as a Unix TIL

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 README.md                                 |  3 +-
 unix/shorten-ssh-commands-with-aliases.md | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 unix/shorten-ssh-commands-with-aliases.md

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pairing with smart people at Hashrocket.
 
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+_1687 TILs and counting..._
 
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@@ -1710,6 +1710,7 @@ If you've learned something here, support my efforts writing daily TILs by
 - [Securely Remove Files](unix/securely-remove-files.md)
 - [See Where asdf Gets Current Tool Version](unix/see-where-asdf-gets-current-tool-version.md)
 - [Set The asdf Package Version For A Single Shell](unix/set-the-asdf-package-version-for-a-single-shell.md)
+- [Shorten SSH Commands With Aliases](unix/shorten-ssh-commands-with-aliases.md)
 - [Show A File Preview When Searching With FZF](unix/show-a-file-preview-when-searching-with-fzf.md)
 - [Show Disk Usage For The Current Directory](unix/show-disk-usage-for-the-current-directory.md)
 - [Show The Size Of Everything In A Directory](unix/show-the-size-of-everything-in-a-directory.md)
diff --git a/unix/shorten-ssh-commands-with-aliases.md b/unix/shorten-ssh-commands-with-aliases.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..579355e
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@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Shorten SSH Commands With Aliases
+
+Each time I need to SSH into one of my remote app boxes, like _staging_, I run a
+command like the following:
+
+```bash
+$ ssh root@staging-box.com
+```
+
+Instead of having to remember the user and domain, I can add aliases to my
+`~/.ssh/config` file.
+
+```
+# Staging Server
+Host staging
+    HostName staging-box.com
+    User root
+
+# Sandbox Server
+Host sandbox
+    HostName sandbox-box.com
+    User root
+```
+
+Then I can SSH to each of these like so:
+
+```bash
+$ ssh staging
+
+$ ssh sandbox
+```
+
+These aliases help a little bit, but they will help even more in situations
+where I need other settings configured for the SSH sessions like `Port` or
+`ForwardAgent`.