bssh/bvnc/bshell(1)

✨ bssh / bvnc / bshell — the girlies' guide ✨

okay so bestie, you know how you're sitting there like "there is literally a whole network of computers in this house and I refuse to type an IP address like some kind of Victorian orphan"?? yeah. that's what this is. it's from the General Commands Manual and it's here to save you. 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

bssh/bvnc/bshell — browse for SSH/VNC servers on the local network. that's it, that's the whole vibe. local network, servers, you, a GUI, slay. 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

bssh

bvnc

bshell

three names, one icon. no arguments, no flags required, just vibes and a click. ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea, bestie: bssh/bvnc/bshell browses for SSH/VNC servers on the local network, shows them to you in a GUI so you can pick one (main character chooses her own server, obviously), and then — once you've made your selection — it goes and calls ssh or vncviewer for you. it's giving personal assistant. it's giving "I'll handle it." 😌

and the name you call it by actually matters, which is so fun:

• if the binary is called as bssh → only SSH servers will be shown
• if the binary is called as bvnc → only VNC servers will be shown
• if the binary is called as bshell → both VNC and SSH servers are shown 👑

no cap. the filename is the setting. iconic behaviour honestly.

💖 OPTIONS 💖

• -s | --ssh — browse for SSH servers (and only SSH servers), regardless under which name the binary is called. so even if you're out here as bvnc, this says "no ma'am, we're doing SSH today." 🐚
• -v | --vnc — browse for VNC servers (and only VNC servers), regardless under which name the binary is called. flip the script, we're doing screens now. 🖥️
• -S | --shell — browse for both VNC and SSH servers, regardless under which name the binary is called. the greedy option. the "why not both" option. obsessed. 🍓
• -d | --domain= DOMAIN — browse in the specified domain. and if you omit it?? bssh/bvnc/bshell will browse in the default browsing domain (usually .local). iykyk. 🌐
• -h | --help — show help. the classic. the little hand-holding moment. 🎀

👑 AUTHORS 👑

the legends behind this:

• The Avahi Developers <avahi (at) lists (dot) freedesktop (dot) org>
• Avahi is available from http://avahi.org/

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go read these next, bestie, they're the whole ecosystem:

• avahi-browse(1)
• ssh(1)
• vncviewer(1)

💜 COMMENTS 💜

this man page was written using xml2man(1) by Oliver Kurth. shoutout, king. 💅

⚠️ quick reminder babe: this page is for User level manuals and it's part of the Manuals set. the defaults matter — if you don't pass -d, you get the default browsing domain (usually .local), and the binary's name decides what gets shown unless you override it with -s, -v or -S. don't get caught out. 💀

okay that's the whole page, love you, go find your servers, you've got this. 🧚✨🌸 periodt.