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Remove an Entry From known_hosts
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remove_bad_known_host.sh
#!/bin/bash
# Replace '1d' with the offending line number, for example '10d' would be for the 10th line
# The line number is the number after ":" in your warning, for example:
# "Offending ECDSA key in /home/root/.ssh/known_hosts:10"
sed -i '1d' ~/.ssh/known_hosts
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