## OpenSSH Commands Reference

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| Commands                                                | Description                                                                   |
|:------------------------------------------------------- |------------------------------------------------------------------------------:|
|`ssh -V`                                               | Prints SSH-Agent verion information                                           |
|`ls -al ~/.ssh`                                        | List existing SSH Keys from standard SSH folder in user profile folder        |
|`ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "your_email@example.com"`| Generating SSH Keys using SSH-Keygen tool of OpenSSH                          |
|`eval $(ssh-agent -s)`                                 | Starts the SSH-Agent in the background                                        |
|`ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa`                                | Adds your Private key to SSH-Agent                                            |
|`ssh -T git@github.com`                                | Testing your GitBash authentication with Github                               |
|`ssh-keygen -p`                                        | Changing passphrase of an existing SSH Key                                    |
|`ssh-add -D`                                           | For removing 'ALL' private keys from the SSH-Agent                            |
|`ssh-add -d /home/user/.ssh/id_rsa`                    | For removing 'A Single' named private key from the SSH-Agent                  |
|`eval $(ssh-agent -s)`                                 | Starts the SSH-Agent                                                          |
|`ssh-add -l`                                           | To list the ssh-keys currently available with SSH-Agent                       |
|`ssh-add -L`                                           | With the -L option, the keys in the SSH-Agent can be listed as well. While the -l option shows the fingerprint for each key, the -L option shows the public key part of each key. |
|`eval $(ssh-agent -s -k)`                              | To terminate the SSH-Agent the following command can be executed. kill the SSH-Agent.|

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## Reference Links

[Official OpenSSH Commands Reference](https://www.openssh.com/manual.html)

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