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

In case you are trying to use xclip on remote host just add -X to your ssh command

ssh user@host -X

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