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all - I'm trying to generate ssh keys using powershell with the following but PS just sits there on 'Generating public/private ...' message and never finishes, does not prompt for anything and does not display any sort of error. Anyone have any ideas why this might not be completing?

ssh-keygen -t ed25519

Generating public/private ed25519 key pair.`

Steve Mueller
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    Hmm. it seems to be happening to [other people as well](https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/issues/836). Can you try runnig it in cmd? btw, `Get-Command ssh-keygen` tells us it's an executable and not a `cmdlet` or `Alias`. – Yarin_007 Feb 18 '23 at 14:23
  • It worked from the command line. I appreciate the response and advice. – Steve Mueller Feb 18 '23 at 14:29
  • Your command triggers interactive prompts. The only environment in which PowerShell normally has a problem with interactive prompts is the ISE, which fundamentally doesn't support interactive console applications. That, among other reasons, not least its obsolescent status, is why the ISE should be avoided - see the bottom section of [this answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/57134096/45375). – mklement0 Feb 18 '23 at 15:43
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    Got it. I was using ISE so, that would probably explain it. – Steve Mueller Feb 18 '23 at 17:47
  • So, now(sorry, I'm a newbie here). I want to be able to use these keys to securely login into nearly 440 servers to pull down some backups to a local backup server. I've tried a few things that I found out there in the 'wild' but, do any of you experts have any advice, able to point me in the right direction? I can post another question if need be. – Steve Mueller Feb 18 '23 at 17:49
  • @SteveMueller, yes, please post a new question (and search the existing ones first, perhaps your question has already been answered). – mklement0 Feb 18 '23 at 17:55

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