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SSH RSA Key Generation

Mac

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "<email_address>"
pbcopy < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

WSL

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "<email_address>"
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | clip.exe

~/.ssh/config

# GitHub
  Host host_alias
  HostName github.com
  User git
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa
  AddKeysToAgent yes
  # UseKeychain yes

Adding SSH key to ssh-agent

Mac

eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
ssh-add -K ~/.ssh/id_rsa

WSL

eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa

Adding to knwon_hosts

ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa [email protected]

Changing Passphrase

ssh-keygen -p -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa
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