generate ssh key on osx

generate_ssh_key_osx.txt

in terminal:

go to the home directory
1)  cd ~/

create ssh directory
2)  mkdir .ssh

go to the .ssh directory
3)  cd .ssh

generate an ssh key
4)  ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "<userid>@<domain>"

choose a file name for the ssh key
5)  enter "id_rsa" as the file name

add your key to the ssh-agent
6)  ssh-add ~/ssh/id_rsa

copy your ssh key into the clipboard (for github etc)
*)  pbcopy < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub