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using passwordstore with ssh-add
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keyadd.sh
#!/bin/bash
PASS_NAME=$1
KEY_FILENAME=$2
# start ssh-agent
eval `ssh-agent -s`
# decrypt the rsa private key, using the password from the `pass` command by means of a named pipe
openssl rsa -inform PEM -passin file:<(pass show ${PASS_NAME}) -in ${KEY_FILENAME} -text | ssh-add -
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Thanks for the idea! I kept getting errors with openssl, so here's my approach, using expect:

https://gist.github.com/georgjaehnig/217c004decb58877a2eebd05788d1dee

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