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ssh-agent — Spawn an SSH Agent process. Note: An SSH Agent holds SSH keys decrypted in memory until removed or t

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Problem

How to use the ssh-agent command: Spawn an SSH Agent process. Note: An SSH Agent holds SSH keys decrypted in memory until removed or the process is killed. See also: ssh-add. More information: <https://man.openbsd.org/ssh-agent>.

Solution

ssh-agent — Spawn an SSH Agent process. Note: An SSH Agent holds SSH keys decrypted in memory until removed or the process is killed. See also: ssh-add. More information: <https://man.openbsd.org/ssh-agent>.

Start an SSH Agent for the current shell:
eval $(ssh-agent)


Kill the currently running agent:
ssh-agent -k

Code Snippets

Start an SSH Agent for the current shell

eval $(ssh-agent)

Kill the currently running agent

ssh-agent -k

Context

tldr-pages: common/ssh-agent

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