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abst2act 04-16-2012 09:50 PM
How do I copy my public key into a .txt file?
 
Trying to figure out how to copy or even view my public rsa key from terminal. I know how to do it on a Mac
Code:
$ pbcopy < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
$ pbpaste > ~/clipboard.text
but am having trouble figuring it out on Ubuntu. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Tinkster 04-16-2012 10:15 PM
Hi, welcome to LQ!

And I'm somewhat confused by your question ... ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub *IS* a text file.
You can copy the file.

cp ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub new.txt


Cheers,
Tink

suicidaleggroll 04-16-2012 10:15 PM
Code:
cp ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub ~/file.txt
To view it, just open ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub in a text editor like vi, nano, emacs, etc., or use cat to dump the contents to the terminal:

Code:
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

Edit: beat to the punch

abst2act 04-18-2012 03:32 PM
You guys are awesome thanks fellas!


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