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ssh-agent

Spawn an SSH Agent process.

An SSH Agent holds SSH keys decrypted in memory until removed or the process is killed.

See also `ssh-add`, which can add and manage keys held by an SSH Agent.

More information.

• Start an SSH Agent for the current shell:

eval $(ssh-agent)

• Kill the currently running agent:

ssh-agent -k

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