Copying a rsa public key to clipboard

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I am trying to copy a public key to the clipboard on macOS  but I keep getting  no such file or directory   The command I am using is pasted below  pbcopy  lt     ssh id rsa pub

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Does the file    ssh id rsa pub exist  If not  you need to generate one first   ssh-keygen -t rsa -C  your email example com

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cat  ssh id rsa pub   bcopy   This works for me

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With PowerShell on Windows  you can use  Get-Content    ssh id rsa pub   Set-Clipboard

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For using Git bash on Windows    cat    ssh id rsa pub  gt   dev clipboard    modified from Jupiter St John s post on Coderwall

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To copy your public key to the clipboard  cat    ssh id rsa pub   pbcopy   This pipes the output of the file to pbcopy

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Another alternative solution   cat     ssh id rsa pub    xsel -i -b   From man xsel       -i  --input      read standard input into the selection       -b  --clipboard      operate on the CLIPBOARD selection

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Another alternative solution  that is recommended in the github help pages   pbcopy  lt     ssh id rsa pub   Should this fail  I recommend using their docs to trouble shoot or generate a new key - if not already done   Github docs

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Window  cat    ssh id rsa pub  Mac OS  cat    ssh id rsa pub   pbcopy

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Your command is right  but the error shows that you didn t create your ssh key yet  To generate new ssh key enter the following command into the terminal  ssh-keygen  After entering the command then you will be asked to enter file name and passphrase  Normally you don t need to change this  Just press enter  Then your key will be generated in    ssh directory  After this  you can copy your key by the following command  pbcopy  lt     ssh id rsa pub   or cat  ssh id rsa pub   pbcopy  You can find more about this here ssh

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Check the path where you have generated the public key  You can also copy the id rsa by using this command   clip  lt     ssh id rsa pub

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cat    ssh id rsa pub  then you can copy your ssh key

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