On Mär 16 2021, Lamborn, Peter Craig wrote: > workstation$ cat ssh-hop.sh > #!/bin/bash > > MACHINE_REGEXP="<...>" > > if [[ $1 =~ $MACHINE_REGEXP ]]; then > > exec ssh <gateway> ssh "$@" > > else > exec ssh "$@" > fi FWIW, it might be easier to use the ProxyJump configuration setting of ssh instead. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx GPG Key fingerprint = 7578 EB47 D4E5 4D69 2510 2552 DF73 E780 A9DA AEC1 "And now for something completely different."