feat: Add pdsh-style hostlist expression support

ARCHITECTURE.md

@@ -284,6 +284,82 @@ let mut cli = pdsh_cli.to_bssh_cli();
 - Unknown pdsh options produce helpful error messages
 - Normal bssh operation is completely unaffected by pdsh compat code
 
+### 1.5 Hostlist Expression Support (`hostlist/*`)
+
+**Module Structure (Added 2025-12-17, Issue #98):**
+- `hostlist/mod.rs` - Module exports and comma-separated pattern handling (130 lines)
+- `hostlist/parser.rs` - Range expression parser (570 lines)
+- `hostlist/expander.rs` - Range expansion and cartesian product (270 lines)
+- `hostlist/error.rs` - Error types with thiserror (80 lines)
+
+**Design Decisions:**
+- pdsh-compatible hostlist expression syntax
+- Zero-cost abstraction for non-range patterns (pass-through)
+- Efficient cartesian product expansion for multiple ranges
+- Distinguishes hostlist expressions from glob patterns
+
+**Hostlist Expression Syntax:**
+```
+hostlist     = host_term (',' host_term)*
+host_term    = prefix range_expr suffix
+range_expr   = '[' range_list ']'
+range_list   = range_item (',' range_item)*
+range_item   = NUMBER | NUMBER '-' NUMBER
+prefix       = STRING (any characters before '[')
+suffix       = STRING (any characters after ']', may include nested ranges)
+```
+
+**Supported Features:**
+- Simple range: `node[1-5]` -> `node1, node2, node3, node4, node5`
+- Zero-padded: `node[01-05]` -> `node01, node02, node03, node04, node05`
+- Comma-separated: `node[1,3,5]` -> `node1, node3, node5`
+- Mixed: `node[1-3,7,9-10]` -> 7 hosts
+- Cartesian product: `rack[1-2]-node[1-3]` -> 6 hosts
+- With domain: `web[1-3].example.com` -> 3 hosts
+- With user/port: `admin@db[01-03]:5432` -> 3 hosts with user and port
+- File input: `^/path/to/file` -> read hosts from file
+
+**Integration Points:**
+- `-H` option in native bssh mode (all patterns automatically expanded)
+- `-w` option in pdsh compatibility mode
+- `--filter` option (supports both glob and hostlist patterns)
+- `--exclude` option (supports both glob and hostlist patterns)
+- pdsh query mode (`-q`) with full expansion support
+
+**Pattern Detection Heuristics:**
+```rust
+// Distinguishes hostlist expressions from glob patterns
+// Hostlist: [1-5], [01-05], [1,2,3], [1-3,5-7] (numeric content)
+// Glob: [abc], [a-z], [!xyz] (alphabetic content)
+
+fn is_hostlist_expression(pattern: &str) -> bool {
+    // Check if brackets contain numeric ranges
+    // Numeric: 1-5, 01-05, 1,2,3
+    // Non-numeric (glob): abc, a-z, !xyz
+}
+```
+
+**Safety Limits:**
+- Maximum expansion size: 100,000 hosts (prevents DoS)
+- Validates range direction (start <= end)
+- Error on empty brackets, unclosed brackets, nested brackets
+- IPv6 literal bracket disambiguation
+
+**Data Flow:**
+```
+Input: "admin@web[1-3].example.com:22"
+           ↓
+    Parse user prefix: "admin@"
+           ↓
+    Parse hostname with range: "web[1-3].example.com"
+           ↓
+    Expand range: ["web1.example.com", "web2.example.com", "web3.example.com"]
+           ↓
+    Parse port suffix: ":22"
+           ↓
+Output: ["admin@web1.example.com:22", "admin@web2.example.com:22", "admin@web3.example.com:22"]
+```
+
 ### 2. Configuration Management (`config/*`)
 
 **Module Structure (Refactored 2025-10-17):**

README.md

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ A high-performance SSH client with **SSH-compatible syntax** for both single-hos
 - **Port Forwarding**: Full support for local (-L), remote (-R), and dynamic (-D) SSH port forwarding
 - **Jump Host Support**: Connect through bastion hosts using OpenSSH ProxyJump syntax (`-J`)
 - **Parallel Execution**: Execute commands across multiple nodes simultaneously
+- **Hostlist Expressions**: pdsh-style range expansion (`node[1-5]`, `rack[1-2]-node[1-3]`) for compact host specification
 - **Fail-Fast Mode**: Stop immediately on first failure with `-k` flag (pdsh compatible)
 - **Interactive Terminal UI (TUI)**: Real-time monitoring with 4 view modes (Summary/Detail/Split/Diff) for multi-node operations
 - **Cluster Management**: Define and manage node clusters via configuration files
@@ -179,14 +180,24 @@ bssh -H "user1@host1.com,user2@host2.com:2222" "uptime"
 # Using cluster from config
 bssh -C production "df -h"
 
+# Hostlist expressions (pdsh-style range expansion)
+bssh -H "node[1-5]" "uptime"                       # node1, node2, node3, node4, node5
+bssh -H "node[01-05]" "df -h"                      # Zero-padded: node01, node02, ...
+bssh -H "node[1,3,5]" "ps aux"                     # Specific values: node1, node3, node5
+bssh -H "rack[1-2]-node[1-3]" "uptime"             # Cartesian product: 6 hosts
+bssh -H "web[1-3].example.com" "nginx -v"          # With domain suffix
+bssh -H "admin@db[01-03]:5432" "psql --version"    # With user and port
+bssh -H "^/etc/hosts.cluster" "uptime"             # Read hosts from file
+
 # Filter specific hosts with pattern matching
 bssh -H "web1,web2,db1,db2" -f "web*" "systemctl status nginx"
 bssh -C production -f "db*" "pg_dump --version"
+bssh -H "node[1-10]" -f "node[1-5]" "uptime"       # Filter with hostlist expression
 
 # Exclude specific hosts from execution
 bssh -H "node1,node2,node3" --exclude "node2" "uptime"
 bssh -C production --exclude "db*" "systemctl restart nginx"
-bssh -C production --exclude "web1,web2" "apt update"
+bssh -H "node[1-10]" --exclude "node[3-5]" "uptime" # Exclude with hostlist expression
 
 # With custom SSH key
 bssh -C staging -i ~/.ssh/custom_key "systemctl status nginx"

docs/man/bssh.1

@@ -113,7 +113,29 @@ Example: -D 1080 (SOCKS5 proxy on localhost:1080), -D *:1080/4 (SOCKS4 on all in
 .TP
 .BR \-H ", " \-\-hosts " " \fIHOSTS\fR
 Comma-separated list of hosts in [user@]hostname[:port] format.
-Example: user1@host1:2222,user2@host2
+Supports pdsh-style hostlist expressions for range expansion.
+.RS
+.PP
+Simple host list:
+.IP \[bu] 2
+-H "user1@host1:2222,user2@host2"
+.PP
+Hostlist expressions (range expansion):
+.IP \[bu] 2
+-H "node[1-5]" \[->] node1, node2, node3, node4, node5
+.IP \[bu] 2
+-H "node[01-05]" \[->] node01, node02, ... (zero-padded)
+.IP \[bu] 2
+-H "node[1,3,5]" \[->] node1, node3, node5 (specific values)
+.IP \[bu] 2
+-H "rack[1-2]-node[1-3]" \[->] 6 hosts (cartesian product)
+.IP \[bu] 2
+-H "web[1-3].example.com" \[->] web1.example.com, web2.example.com, ...
+.IP \[bu] 2
+-H "admin@web[1-3]:22" \[->] expands with user and port preserved
+.IP \[bu] 2
+-H "^/path/to/hostfile" \[->] read hosts from file
+.RE
 
 .TP
 .BR \-C ", " \-\-cluster " " \fICLUSTER\fR
@@ -166,29 +188,47 @@ Password is never logged or printed in any output
 
 .TP
 .BR \-f ", " \-\-filter " " \fIPATTERN\fR
-Filter hosts by pattern (supports wildcards like 'web*').
+Filter hosts by pattern. Supports both wildcards and hostlist expressions.
 Use with -H or -C to execute on a subset of hosts.
-Example: -f "web*" matches web01, web02, etc.
+.RS
+.PP
+Examples:
+.IP \[bu] 2
+-f "web*" \[->] matches web01, web02, etc. (glob pattern)
+.IP \[bu] 2
+-f "node[1-5]" \[->] matches node1 through node5 (hostlist expression)
+.IP \[bu] 2
+-f "node[1,3,5]" \[->] matches node1, node3, node5 (specific values)
+.RE
 
 .TP
 .BR \-\-exclude " " \fIHOSTS\fR
 Exclude hosts from target list (comma-separated).
-Supports wildcard patterns: '*' (any chars), '?' (single char), '[abc]' (char set).
-Patterns with wildcards use glob matching; plain patterns use substring matching.
+Supports wildcards, glob patterns, and hostlist expressions.
 Applied after --filter option.
 .RS
 .PP
-Examples:
+Glob patterns:
+.IP \[bu] 2
+--exclude "db*" \[->] exclude hosts starting with 'db'
 .IP \[bu] 2
---exclude "node2" - Exclude single host
+--exclude "*-backup" \[->] exclude backup nodes
 .IP \[bu] 2
---exclude "web1,web2" - Exclude multiple hosts
+--exclude "web[12]" \[->] exclude web1 and web2 (glob character class)
+.PP
+Hostlist expressions:
+.IP \[bu] 2
+--exclude "node[3-5]" \[->] exclude node3, node4, node5 (range)
 .IP \[bu] 2
---exclude "db*" - Exclude hosts starting with 'db'
+--exclude "node[1,3,5]" \[->] exclude node1, node3, node5 (specific values)
 .IP \[bu] 2
---exclude "*-backup" - Exclude backup nodes
+--exclude "rack[1-2]-node[1-3]" \[->] exclude 6 hosts (cartesian product)
+.PP
+Simple patterns:
 .IP \[bu] 2
---exclude "web[12]" - Exclude web1 and web2
+--exclude "node2" \[->] exclude single host
+.IP \[bu] 2
+--exclude "web1,web2" \[->] exclude multiple hosts
 .RE
 
 .TP
@@ -1094,6 +1134,79 @@ Current node's role (main or sub)
 
 Note: Backend.AI multi-node clusters use SSH port 2200 by default, which is automatically configured.
 
+.SH HOSTLIST EXPRESSIONS
+Hostlist expressions provide a compact way to specify multiple hosts using range notation,
+compatible with pdsh syntax. This allows efficient targeting of large numbers of hosts
+without listing each one individually.
+
+.SS Basic Syntax
+.TP
+.B Simple range
+.B node[1-5]
+expands to node1, node2, node3, node4, node5
+.TP
+.B Zero-padded range
+.B node[01-05]
+expands to node01, node02, node03, node04, node05
+.TP
+.B Comma-separated values
+.B node[1,3,5]
+expands to node1, node3, node5
+.TP
+.B Mixed ranges and values
+.B node[1-3,7,9-10]
+expands to node1, node2, node3, node7, node9, node10
+
+.SS Advanced Patterns
+.TP
+.B Multiple ranges (cartesian product)
+.B rack[1-2]-node[1-3]
+expands to rack1-node1, rack1-node2, rack1-node3, rack2-node1, rack2-node2, rack2-node3
+.TP
+.B Domain suffix
+.B web[1-3].example.com
+expands to web1.example.com, web2.example.com, web3.example.com
+.TP
+.B With user and port
+.B admin@server[1-3]:2222
+expands to admin@server1:2222, admin@server2:2222, admin@server3:2222
+
+.SS File Input
+.TP
+.B ^/path/to/hostfile
+Reads hosts from file, one per line. Lines starting with # are comments.
+Maximum file size: 1MB, maximum lines: 100,000.
+
+.SS Using with Options
+Hostlist expressions can be used with:
+.TP
+.B -H, --hosts
+Specify target hosts:
+.B bssh -H "node[1-10]" "uptime"
+.TP
+.B --filter
+Include only matching hosts:
+.B bssh -c cluster --filter "web[1-5]" "systemctl status nginx"
+.TP
+.B --exclude
+Exclude matching hosts:
+.B bssh -c cluster --exclude "node[1,3,5]" "df -h"
+
+.SS Examples
+.nf
+# Execute on 100 nodes
+bssh -H "compute[001-100]" "hostname"
+
+# Target specific racks
+bssh -H "rack[A-C]-node[1-8]" "uptime"
+
+# Use hosts from file
+bssh -H "^/etc/cluster/hosts" "date"
+
+# Combine with exclusions
+bssh -H "node[1-20]" --exclude "node[5,10,15]" "ps aux"
+.fi
+
 .SH EXAMPLES
 
 .SS SSH Compatibility Mode (Single Host)