#!/usr/bin/env sh userAtAddress="$1" USER=$(echo "$userAtAddress" | cut -d"@" -f1); HOST=$(echo "$userAtAddress" | cut -d"@" -f2); if [ "$USER" = "$HOST" ] then printf "Enter your username: " read -r USER USER=$(echo "${USER}" | tr -d '[:space:]') ssh "$USER"@"$HOST" else ssh "$userAtAddress" fi