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usage: ssh-keyscan [-46cDHqv] [-f file] [-O option] [-p port] [-T timeout]
[-t type] [host | addrlist namelist]
Options (12)
| Option | Description | Source |
|---|
-4 | Force ssh-keyscan to use IPv4 addresses only. | man |
-6 | Force ssh-keyscan to use IPv6 addresses only. | man |
-c | Request certificates from target hosts instead of plain keys. | man |
-D | Print keys found as SSHFP DNS records. | man |
-f file | Read hosts or “addrlist namelist” pairs from file, one per line. | man |
-H | Hash all hostnames and addresses in the output. | man |
-O option | Specify a key/value option. | man |
-p port | Connect to port on the remote host. | man |
-q | Quiet mode: do not print server host name and banners in comments. | man |
-T timeout | Set the timeout for connection attempts. | man |
-t type | Specify the type of the key to fetch from the scanned hosts. | man |
-v | Verbose mode: print debugging messages about progress. | man |
Examples (3) from the manual page, untested
ssh-keyscan -t rsa hostname
Print the RSA host key for machine hostname:ssh-keyscan 192.168.0.64/25
Search a network range, printing all supported key types:ssh-keyscan -t rsa,ecdsa,ed25519 -f ssh_hosts | \
Find all hosts from the file ssh_hosts which have new or different keys from those in the sorted file ssh_known_hosts:
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