socks-cli is a solution to make CLI commands use the specified socks5 proxy, by setting up special environment variables, such as ALL_PROXY. It works on linux and macOS with bash and python installed.

Here is an incomplete list of supported commands:

• git
• curl
• wget
• brew
• pod
• gem
• npm
• mvn
• ssh
• scp
• ...

1. Clone the code.

   git clone https://github.com/zjx20/socks-cli.git

2. Copy socksproxyenv.sample to socksproxyenv, and fill your socks5 server into it.

   cd socks-cli
   cp socksproxyenv.sample socksproxyenv
   
   # edit socksproxyenv, complete the line:
   #   export SOCKS_PROXY=

3. Invoke source socks-cli/activate before running your CLI commands:

   $ source socks-cli/activate
   Serving HTTP proxy on 127.0.0.1 port 54967 ...
   Done! Variables or aliases have been changed to:
     GIT_PROXY_COMMAND=/Users/x/socks-git/sh/socksified-connect.sh
     GIT_SSH=/Users/x/socks-git/sh/socksified-ssh.sh
     ALL_PROXY=socks5h://127.0.0.1:1080
     HTTP_PROXY=http://127.0.0.1:54967
     HTTPS_PROXY=http://127.0.0.1:54967
   
   # Following commands will use the socks proxy!
   
   $ git clone git@github.com:git/git.git
   Cloning into 'git'...
   remote: Counting objects: 213208, done.
   remote: Compressing objects: 100% (372/372), done.
   Receiving objects 2.0% (1/213208), 620.00 KiB | 121.00 KiB/s
   ...
   
   # Check your external IP!
   $ curl ipinfo.io
   ...

4. Optionally, you can invoke source socks-cli/deactivate to deactivate socks-cli.

For more details, please see socksproxyenv.sample.

The usage described above affects all commands in the terminal session. If you wish to temporarily enable the socks proxy for only a particular command, you can use the socksify script. (Note: You still need to configure the socksproxyenv file first.)

# make a symlink to PATH
ln -s /path/to/socks-cli/socksify /usr/local/bin/socksify

# or make an alias
alias socksify='/path/to/socks-cli/socksify'

# enable for one-shot
socksify curl ipinfo.io