Learn advanced SSH commands with this cheat sheet

We round up handy SSH commands to help you connect to remote servers.
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Secure Shell (SSH) is a powerful tool for connecting to remote servers. But with all that power comes a dizzying array of options and flags. The ssh client command has many options—some for daily use and some arcane. I put together a cheat sheet for some common SSH uses. It doesn't begin to cover all the possible options, but I hope you find it useful for your remote access needs.

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Greg Pittman | April 2, 2018
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Along with that power comes a lot of risk you have to prepare for. It might be good to add an article later on how to make your remote server safe. As soon as you open it up to the outside world, attempts at invasion begin.

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Sairam | April 5, 2018
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@Ben in your ‘advanced ssh cheat sheet’ it has been mentioned that ssh-copy-id copies a private key to a remote host which is incorrect.ssh-copy-id is used to copy public key to a remote host.

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