Here's what I put in my .bashrc: alias compile-ssh-config='echo -n > ~/.ssh/config && cat ~/.ssh/*.config > ~/.ssh/config' alias ssh='compile-ssh-config &&

Here's what I put in my .bashrc: alias compile-ssh-config='echo -n > ~/.ssh/config && cat ~/.ssh/*.config > ~/.ssh/config' alias ssh='compile-ssh-config && ssh' Compiles all your ~/.ssh/*.config files into a single ssh config file. It's simple and stupid and seems to do the trick.