Connect to peers that you have open channels with.

lnd_connect.sh

#!/bin/bash

jq --help >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "Error: 'jq' is required but not installed."; exit 1; }

LIST=$(lncli listchannels | jq -r '.[]')
LENGTH=$(echo $LIST | jq 'length')

for (( i=0; i<$LENGTH; i++ ));
do
	NODE_PUBKEY=$(echo $LIST | jq ".[$i].remote_pubkey" | tr -d '"')
	NODE=$(lncli getnodeinfo $NODE_PUBKEY | jq -r '.node')
	NODE_ADDRESS=$(echo $NODE | jq -r '.addresses[0].addr')
	
	if [[ $(lncli listpeers | grep -c $NODE_PUBKEY) -eq 0 ]] && [ "$NODE_ADDRESS" != "null" ] && [[ ! "$NODE_ADDRESS" =~ .*onion.* ]];
	then
		echo "Connecting to $(echo $NODE | jq '.alias') ($NODE_PUBKEY)"
		lncli connect --perm $NODE_PUBKEY@$NODE_ADDRESS
		echo ""
	fi
done