#!/usr/bin/python import subprocess import argparse import configparser cp = configparser.ConfigParser(interpolate=configparser.ExtendedInterpolation()) cp.read('hostnames.ini') if __name__ == "__main__": parser = argparse.ArgumentParser() group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group(required=True) group.add_argument('-o','—-wan',action = 'store_true') group.add_argument('-l','--lan',action = 'store_true') parser.add_argument('-p','--pre-script', help= 'script to run before connecting(in config dir)') parser.add_argument('name',help='name of config file to use (sans .cfg)') parser.add_argument('arg',nargs = '*') args = parser.parse_args() cmd = ['ssh','-F','~/.ssh/{}.cfg'.format(args.name)] subprocess.call(cmd)