#!/usr/bin/env python3 """Interactive SSH or a command with literal arguments; shell syntax must be explicit.""" import os import shlex import sys def command(target, arguments): return ['ssh', '-o', 'BatchMode=yes', target, *([shlex.join(arguments)] if arguments else [])] if __name__ == '__main__': os.execvp('ssh', command(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2:]))