I’m currently learning Python, and as I’ve always found the best way to learn a new language is to use it, I decided to write a small script to give me a menu for hosts that I commonly SSH to.

I was roughly aiming to replicate a similar setup I have at work using FMLI on Solaris. My script is nowhere near as useful as FMLI, but might be useful to anyone trying to do similar (particularly as I found a real lack of Python/Curses documentation.)

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