bash function to ssh into a server with a matching name in /etc/hosts

gistfile1.sh

# this worked for me on the Mac's shell

# to search for a string in hosts file
function ho() {
	cat /etc/hosts | grep $1
}

# ssh into a server if there is a single entry that matches.  Or otherwise list names that match.
function hoc() {
	count=`cat /etc/hosts | grep $1 | wc -l`
	if [ $count -ne 1 ]; then
		ho $1
	else
		srvr=`cat /etc/hosts | grep $1 | sed -e "s/[[:space:]]\{1,\}/ /g" | cut -f2 -d " "`
		echo "ssh-ing to " $srvr
		ssh $srvr
	fi
}