How to make SSH go directly to specific directory?

Question

when you do an \"ssh second_machine\" you are able to connect to second_machine on your home directory

But usually i am working in my_machine in directory with very long

Answer 1

To make it permanent, use RemoteCommand in your ~/.ssh/config file, e.g.

Host myhost
  HostName IP
  User ubuntu
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa
  RemoteCommand cd /path/to/directory; $SHELL -il

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Answer 2

This should work for you

ssh  -t second_machine "cd /very/long/path/to/directory/; bash"

Assumes you're wanting to run bash, substitute for a different shell if required.

Answer 3

You could do something like the one I'm using. Make an alias as the one below.

alias ssh 'ssh -t \!* "cd $PWD; csh"'

(here, csh could also be replaced by bash)

This brings you directly to the 'current' path on the other machine. The usage would be like [$] ssh some machine However, I find that it works slow. So, I'm looking for an alternative.