Users of the fish shell can use this script to do the same thing.
# content has to be in .config/fish/config.fish
# if it does not exist, create the file
setenv SSH_ENV $HOME/.ssh/environment
function start_agent
echo "Initializing new SSH agent ..."
ssh-agent -c | sed 's/^echo/#echo/' > $SSH_ENV
echo "succeeded"
chmod 600 $SSH_ENV
. $SSH_ENV > /dev/null
ssh-add
end
function test_identities
ssh-add -l | grep "The agent has no identities" > /dev/null
if [ $status -eq 0 ]
ssh-add
if [ $status -eq 2 ]
start_agent
end
end
end
if [ -n "$SSH_AGENT_PID" ]
ps -ef | grep $SSH_AGENT_PID | grep ssh-agent > /dev/null
if [ $status -eq 0 ]
test_identities
end
else
if [ -f $SSH_ENV ]
. $SSH_ENV > /dev/null
end
ps -ef | grep $SSH_AGENT_PID | grep -v grep | grep ssh-agent > /dev/null
if [ $status -eq 0 ]
test_identities
else
start_agent
end
end