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ssh-copy-id fails if the remote user's default shell is fish
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~ $ ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa -o PubkeyAuthentication=no ali:@orchid.local
/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: INFO: attempting to log in with the new key(s), to filter out any that are already installed
/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: INFO: 1 key(s) remain to be installed -- if you are prompted now it is to install the new keys
Password:
fish: Expected a command name, got token of type 'Run job in background'. Did you mean 'COMMAND; and COMMAND'? See the help section for the 'and' builtin command by typing 'help and'.
Standard input: mkdir -p .ssh && cat >> .ssh/authorized_keys || exit 1 ;
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See https://github.com/andrewpile/ssh-copy-id/issues/2#issuecomment-189783545 for a link that points to a fix for ssh-copy-id for fish shell here:
openssh/openssh-portable@ef39e8c#diff-76f25d87bdb42afb3b6fe76947d8c696R290

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