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Generate SSH Public Key from Private Key

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    Authored by William

    If you have a ssh private key and need to get a public key for it but you no longer have the public key, you can re-generate the public key using the ssh-keygen tool.

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    #!/usr/bin/env bash

SSH_KEY_FILE=${1}
[ -z $SSH_KEY_FILE ] && echo "Missing required parameter SSH_KEY_FILE." && exit 1

ssh-keygen -f ${SSH_KEY_FILE:?} -y > ${SSH_KEY_FILE:?}.pub
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