Maybe you want eshell then: ~ $ cd /ssh:tol-eressea:. /ssh:tol-eressea:/home/db48x $ ls db48x.net libvirt-sandbox rpmbuild zone.sh zone.sh~ zo

Maybe you want eshell then: ~ $ cd /ssh:tol-eressea:. /ssh:tol-eressea:/home/db48x $ ls db48x.net libvirt-sandbox rpmbuild zone.sh zone.sh~ zone.txt zone.txt~ If you've set ssh up to use control sockets then it can reuse existing connections. MOSH is also nice; it decouples the program you're running from your connection, just like screen does, and it also uses udp instead of tcp so that it doesn't have to worry about dropped connections. Even your client's ip address can change and everything keeps working.