Regexp in .ssh/config

Question

At work, I often have to log into hosts which follow a common naming scheme, e.g. qc01 - qc12, hc01 - hc10, and so on. All of these need to get the same config values in my laptop's .ssh/config. Of course, I could use entries for the hosts qc* and hc*, but I'm wondering if instead it is somehow possible to use regular expressions?

Answer 1

As gelraen stated default ssh_config won't support regular expressions but you can try something different like :

• Advanced ssh-config on Github - it is said to have better regex engine but you have to test it on your own
• some workarounds : another question on unix.stackexchange

Answer 2

Please, see PATTERNS section in man ssh_config.

Long answer is: No, you can't, unless you patch your ssh to support that.