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Glossary: Command Line for IT: Bash and PowerShell

ssh-keygen

Also written: ssh-keygen -lf, ssh-keygen -R

Makes SSH key pairs, as in ssh-keygen -t ed25519. -lf shows a key's fingerprint, and -R removes a server's old key from known_hosts.

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key pairfingerprint