SSH to Running EC2 Ubuntu Instance

ec2me.sh

# I keep this in my .bashrc to get to a running EC2 instance if there is only one running with my current creds

export AWS_EC2_PEM=<PATH_TO_PEM>

function ec2me () {
    running=$(ec2-describe-instances | grep running)
    instances=$(wc -l <<< "$running")

    if [ $instances = 1 ]; then
        server=$(cut -f4 <<< "$running" )
        echo "Connecting to $server"
        ssh -i $AWS_EC2_PEM ubuntu@$server
    else
        echo "ERROR: CAN'T CHOSE SERVER: There are $instances instances running:"
        echo "$running"
    fi
}