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dropbearconvert — Convert between Dropbear and OpenSSH private key formats. More information: <https://manned.org/drop

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Problem

How to use the dropbearconvert command: Convert between Dropbear and OpenSSH private key formats. More information: <https://manned.org/dropbearconvert>.

Solution

dropbearconvert — Convert between Dropbear and OpenSSH private key formats. More information: <https://manned.org/dropbearconvert>.

Convert an OpenSSH private key to the Dropbear format:

dropbearconvert openssh dropbear {{path/to/input_key}} {{path/to/output_key}}

Convert a Dropbear private key to the OpenSSH format:

dropbearconvert dropbear openssh {{path/to/input_key}} {{path/to/output_key}}

Code Snippets

Convert an OpenSSH private key to the Dropbear format

dropbearconvert openssh dropbear {{path/to/input_key}} {{path/to/output_key}}

Convert a Dropbear private key to the OpenSSH format

dropbearconvert dropbear openssh {{path/to/input_key}} {{path/to/output_key}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/dropbearconvert

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