without any arguments, what does `ssh-agent` do?
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without any arguments, what does ssh-agent do?
https://help.github.com/articles/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent/#adding-your-ssh-key-to-the-ssh-agent says:
Start the ssh-agent in the background.
$ eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
Agent pid 59566
What is the purpose of starting it by eval "$(ssh-agent -s)" instead of ssh-agent?
Thanks.
ssh
asked Feb 6 at 23:16
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without any arguments, what does ssh-agent do?
https://help.github.com/articles/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent/#adding-your-ssh-key-to-the-ssh-agent says:
Start the ssh-agent in the background.
$ eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
Agent pid 59566
What is the purpose of starting it by eval "$(ssh-agent -s)" instead of ssh-agent?
Thanks.
ssh
asked Feb 6 at 23:16
TimTim
27.4k78264474
What doesssh-agent -sdo? What is the output? What happens when youevalit? What changes? You know the answer to this.
– Stephen Harris
Feb 7 at 0:26
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without any arguments, what does ssh-agent do?
https://help.github.com/articles/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent/#adding-your-ssh-key-to-the-ssh-agent says:
Start the ssh-agent in the background.
$ eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
Agent pid 59566
What is the purpose of starting it by eval "$(ssh-agent -s)" instead of ssh-agent?
Thanks.
ssh
asked Feb 6 at 23:16
TimTim
27.4k78264474
without any arguments, what does ssh-agent do?
https://help.github.com/articles/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent/#adding-your-ssh-key-to-the-ssh-agent says:
Start the ssh-agent in the background.
$ eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
Agent pid 59566
What is the purpose of starting it by eval "$(ssh-agent -s)" instead of ssh-agent?
Thanks.
ssh
ssh
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Tim
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asked Feb 6 at 23:16
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What doesssh-agent -sdo? What is the output? What happens when youevalit? What changes? You know the answer to this.
– Stephen Harris
Feb 7 at 0:26
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What doesssh-agent -sdo? What is the output? What happens when youevalit? What changes? You know the answer to this.
– Stephen Harris
Feb 7 at 0:26
What does
ssh-agent -s do? What is the output? What happens when you eval it? What changes? You know the answer to this.– Stephen Harris
Feb 7 at 0:26
What does
ssh-agent -s do? What is the output? What happens when you eval it? What changes? You know the answer to this.– Stephen Harris
Feb 7 at 0:26
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The ssh-agent command on its own starts an SSH agent and prints the variable assignments needed for SSH commands to talk to that agent. Since you need to run the variable assignments to actually set the variables you need to eval the output.
This is the only known example of a good use of eval.
answered Feb 7 at 2:17
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The ssh-agent command on its own starts an SSH agent and prints the variable assignments needed for SSH commands to talk to that agent. Since you need to run the variable assignments to actually set the variables you need to eval the output.
This is the only known example of a good use of eval.
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The ssh-agent command on its own starts an SSH agent and prints the variable assignments needed for SSH commands to talk to that agent. Since you need to run the variable assignments to actually set the variables you need to eval the output.
This is the only known example of a good use of eval.
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The ssh-agent command on its own starts an SSH agent and prints the variable assignments needed for SSH commands to talk to that agent. Since you need to run the variable assignments to actually set the variables you need to eval the output.
This is the only known example of a good use of eval.
answered Feb 7 at 2:17
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The ssh-agent command on its own starts an SSH agent and prints the variable assignments needed for SSH commands to talk to that agent. Since you need to run the variable assignments to actually set the variables you need to eval the output.
This is the only known example of a good use of eval.
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ssh-agent -sdo? What is the output? What happens when youevalit? What changes? You know the answer to this.– Stephen Harris
Feb 7 at 0:26