BASH snippet to set up a new RSA key

ssh-key-setup.sh

#!/bin/bash

key_name="id_rsa"
key_path="$HOME/.ssh/$key_name"

echo "Creating a RSA key"
read -p "  > Enter your email: " email
echo ""
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "$email" -f "$key_path" > /dev/null 2>&1

echo ""
echo "Starting the ssh-agent in the background"
eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"

echo ""
echo "Adding your SSH key to the ssh-agent"
ssh-add "$key_path"

echo ""
echo "Copy the public SSH key content to your clipboard"
echo "Linux:    xclip -sel clip < $key_path.pub"
echo "Windows:  clip < $key_path.pub"
echo ""
echo "Test your connection:"
echo "GitHub:  ssh -T [email protected]"