so, I would say that the easiest solution here is tab completion. Suitably modern bash-completion should expand entries in ~/.ssh/config (as well as ~/.ssh/know

so, I would say that the easiest solution here is tab completion. Suitably modern bash-completion should expand entries in ~/.ssh/config (as well as ~/.ssh/known_hosts if its not hashed). Host hosta.mycompany.com User usera and then type "ssh hosta<tab>" :)