Ssh-argv0
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ssh-argv0 is a small wrapper script included with OpenSSH that runs ssh using the name it was invoked as (argv[0]) as the host name. Older versions of OpenSSH had a feature where creating a symbolic link named something like myhost pointing to the ssh binary would connect to the host of that name; after this feature was removed, this script was kept for compatibility. It is included in Debian-based distributions, and this page collects a list of OpenSSH-related commands.