macOsshcolor

This script changes the macOS Terminal.app Profile, according to the remote server name you are SSHing.

There are two ways to achieve the goal: either

you can have a custom profile for each remote server you usually use

OR you can have a json file with a collection of relations "servername":"profile name", like:

  {
    "server":"Red Sands",
    "server1":"Custom 1",
    "serverX":"Red Sands",
  }

in this way you can use the same profile for more servers.

Usage:

• Clone https://github.com/rghiglianovich/macOsshcolor.git in your home directory. If you like to save it elsewere, remember to modify the paths!

• Make an alias:

  alias ssh="~/macOsshcolor/sshcolor.sh"
  

  You should save it into ~/.bash_profile or ~/.zshrc or wherever

• Set up your profiles in Terminal/Preferences:

  • a Profile for Local connections, named "local"
  • another one for generic (or backup) remote: "remote"
  • all the other profiles you need.
  • copy the json file : sshcolorNames.json.demo in sshcolorNames.json and customize it

• The name used for the matches is always the left part of the FQDN
  Example: for a connection like ssh [email protected] "myserver42" will be searched.
  

• If the name does not have an entry in the sshcolorNames.json, then a Profile with the same name is searched
  

• If the server you're connecting to doesn't match with a custom profile or with an entry on the sshcolorNames.json file, the generic one ("remote") will be taken.

Credits

This script is inspired by Henry Tseng's one found here: https://gist.github.com/henrytseng/f58ec119d5d989a6306d769d212b7648