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Expand Up @@ -29,9 +29,11 @@ Optionally, you can also specify your email address with `-C` (otherwise
one will be generated off your current Linux account):

```bash
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C my.email.address@company.com
ssh-keygen -o -t rsa -b 4096 -C my.email.address@company.com
```

(Note: the `-o` option was introduced in 2014; if this command fails for you, simply remove the `-o` option)

The first prompt you will see asks where to save the key. However, there are
actually two files that will be generated: the public key and the private
key.
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