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SSH Commands

ssh-add

Add private key identities to the authentication agent storing passphrase in your keychain.

ssh-add -K ~/.ssh/some-key

ssh-keygen

Create RSA 2048 bit key.

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 2048 -C user@domain -f ~/.ssh/some-key

Generate an OpenSSH public key file from private OpenSSH format file.

ssh-keygen -y -f ~/.ssh/some-key >~/.ssh/some-key.pub

Show fingerprint of specified public key file.

ssh-keygen -E md5 -lf ~/.ssh/some-key.pub
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