By jtansley
Hello,
I created an SSH key so that I can add it to Github. I am trying to copy the contents of /.ssh/id_rsa.pub to the clipboard but I am getting errors in both PuTTY and the browser console. I tried installing xclip but that did not work. Any suggestions? I’m currently running an Ubuntu server 12.04 droplet. This should hopefully be my last SSH question!
James
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Accepted Answer
If you don’t have pbcopy, xclip or vim just type:
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
And copy terminal output
If you’re running Windows, using Git Bash you can do this:
$ clip < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
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