The *new-ssh-key.ps1* Script =========================== This PowerShell script creates a new SSH key for the user. Parameters ---------- ```powershell /home/markus/Repos/PowerShell/scripts/new-ssh-key.ps1 [] [] This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. ``` Example ------- ```powershell PS> ./new-ssh-key.ps1 ✅ New SSH key of Ed25519 type saved to ~/.ssh - your public key is: ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAILb8s5zU9YDApGQ82H45fMKVPMr5cw9fzh3PEBjZZ+Rm markus@PI ``` Notes ----- Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 Related Links ------------- https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell Script Content -------------- ```powershell <# .SYNOPSIS Creates a new SSH key .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script creates a new SSH key for the user. .EXAMPLE PS> ./new-ssh-key.ps1 ✅ New SSH key of Ed25519 type saved to ~/.ssh - your public key is: ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAILb8s5zU9YDApGQ82H45fMKVPMr5cw9fzh3PEBjZZ+Rm markus@PI .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> try { & ssh-keygen if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "ssh-keygen failed" } if (Test-Path "~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub") { $publicKey = Get-Content "~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub" $enc = "Ed25519" } elseif (Test-Path "~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub") { $publicKey = Get-Content "~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub" $enc = "RSA" } else { throw "No public key found." } "✅ New SSH key of $enc type saved to ~/.ssh - your public key is:" " $publicKey" exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 } ``` *(generated by convert-ps2md.ps1 as of 11/08/2024 12:40:20)*