~/bin/screento

screento

#!/usr/bin/env bash

dest="$1"
shift
name="$1"
shift
autoname=false

if [ "" == "$name" ]; then
	name=`random-string 10`  ##  see https://gist.github.com/ShadSterling/95ca749b625916529af12af9537a8ee2
	autoname=true
fi

if [ "" == "$dest" ]; then
	echo "usage: $0 <[user@]host> [session_name] [remote_command]"
	echo "if session_name is not given a random name like $name will be chosen"
else
	cmd="ssh -t \"$dest\" screen -aAdRUS \"$name\" \"$@\""
	echo $cmd
	#$cmd
	ssh -t "$dest" screen -aAdRUS "$name" "$@"
	exit=$?
	if [ "255" == "$exit" ]; then
		echo "Connection Lost!"
		if [ "true" == "$autoname" ]; then
			echo "recover with session name: $name"
			echo "screento \"$dest\" \"$name\""
		fi
	fi
fi