Unable to copy ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

Question

I’m following in Generating SSH Keys, it says

sudo apt-get install xclip

Downloads and installs xclip. If you don\'t have <

Answer 1

Based on the date of this question the original poster wouldn't have been using Windows Subsystem for Linux. But if you are, and you get the same error, the following alternative works:

clip.exe < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

Thanks to this page for pointing out Windows' clip.exe (and you have to type the ".exe") can be run from the bash shell.