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Convert OPENSSH to RSA from command line
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ReadMe.md

Convert openssh keys to rsa keys

from something that starts with

-----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----

to something that starts with

-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----

🎉

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from_openssh_to_rsa.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -e
set -x
original_key=$1
puttygen_destinaton=${original_key}_puttygen
rsa_destinaton=${original_key}_rsa
# FROM OPENSSH to SSH2 ENCRYPTED
puttygen $original_key -O private-sshcom -o $puttygen_destinaton
# FROM SSH2 ENCRYPTED format to RSA
ssh-keygen -i -f $puttygen_destinaton > $rsa_destinaton
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It worked! Thanks!

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