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print private key to stdout

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0 I'm trying to print the contents of private key file to stdout using ssh-keygen tool ssh-keygen man pages has options like -e -i -f for exporting and importing a key file. However am not getting it. Edit: My scenario: Consider 2 users user1 and user2 user1 is a higher privileged user. user2 is a low privileged user who can run ssh-keygen binary as user1 (sudo). now user2 needs to see private key content(cat). but this cannot be done. Because the private key permissions is set to 600. How can i acheive this or my assumption is anyway wrong? ssh share | improve this question edited 2 days ago

How did 'cast' semantically shift to mean 'turn'?

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1 I was researching the etymology of caster (n. 2), which contends that 'cast' had 'the old sense of "turn."' Then I researched cast (v.) and read that it originally signified "to throw, throw violently, fling, hurl," from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse kasta "to throw" (cognate with Swedish kasta, Danish kaste, North Frisian kastin), of uncertain origin. What semantic notions underlie 'throw, fling, hurl' with 'turn'? cast (n.) mentions it: A cast in the eye "slight squint" (early 14c.) preserves the older verbal sense of "warp, turn," via the notion of "permanent motion or turn." etymology