ssh into a local Virtual Box Guest OS

ssh2vb

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# ssh into a running Virtual Box guest machine

if [[ $# == 0 || $1 == -h || $1 == -? || $1 == --help ]] ; then
  echo
  echo usage: $(basename $0) '[<username>@]<machinename>'
  echo
  echo 'ssh into Virtual Box <machinename>, optionlly using <username>'
  exit 1
fi

if [[ $1 =~ (.+)@(.+) ]] ; then
  ssh ${BASH_REMATCH[1]}@$(VBoxManage guestproperty get ${BASH_REMATCH[2]} "/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/0/V4/IP"|cut -d " " -f 2)
else
  ssh $(VBoxManage guestproperty get $1 "/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/0/V4/IP"|cut -d " " -f 2)
fi