{% capture mac-content-find %}
1. Open a command-line terminal.
```none
$ ls -al ~/.ssh
```
This lists files in your `.ssh` directory.
2. Check to see if you already have a SSH keys you can use.
Default file names for public keys are:
* id_dsa.pub
* id_ecdsa.pub
* id_ed25519.pub
* id_rsa.pub
Here are example results showing a public and private key pair with the default names:
```none
drwx------ 8 me staff 272 Mar 27 14:04 .
drwxr-xr-x+ 69 me staff 2346 Apr 7 10:03 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 me staff 420 Mar 27 14:04 config
-rw------- 1 me staff 3326 Mar 27 14:01 id_rsa
-rw-r--r-- 1 me staff 752 Mar 27 14:01 id_rsa.pub
```
The file `id_rsa` contains the private key which resides on the local machine, and `id_rsa.pub` is the public key we can provide to a remote account.
{% endcapture %}
{{ mac-content-find | markdownify }}
{% capture win-content-find %}
1. Open Git Bash.
```none
$ ls -al ~/.ssh
```
This lists files in your `.ssh` directory.
2. Check to see if you already have SSH keys you can use.
Default file names for public keys are:
* id_dsa.pub
* id_ecdsa.pub
* id_ed25519.pub
* id_rsa.pub
Here are example results showing a public and private key pair with the default names:
```none
drwx------ 8 me staff 272 Mar 27 14:04 .
drwxr-xr-x+ 69 me staff 2346 Apr 7 10:03 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 me staff 420 Mar 27 14:04 config
-rw------- 1 me staff 3326 Mar 27 14:01 id_rsa
-rw-r--r-- 1 me staff 752 Mar 27 14:01 id_rsa.pub
```
The file `id_rsa` contains the private key which resides on the local machine, and `id_rsa.pub` is the public key we can provide to a remote account.
{% endcapture %}
{{ win-content-find | markdownify }}
{% capture linux-content-find %}
1. Open a command-line terminal.
```none
$ ls -al ~/.ssh
```
This lists files in your `.ssh` directory.
2. Check to see if you already have a SSH keys you can use.
Default file names for public keys are:
* id_dsa.pub
* id_ecdsa.pub
* id_ed25519.pub
* id_rsa.pub
Here are example results showing a public and private key pair with the default names:
```none
drwx------ 8 me staff 272 Mar 27 14:04 .
drwxr-xr-x+ 69 me staff 2346 Apr 7 10:03 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 me staff 420 Mar 27 14:04 config
-rw------- 1 me staff 3326 Mar 27 14:01 id_rsa
-rw-r--r-- 1 me staff 752 Mar 27 14:01 id_rsa.pub
```
The file `id_rsa` contains the private key which resides on the local machine, and `id_rsa.pub` is the public key we can provide to a remote account.
{% endcapture %}
{{ linux-content-find | markdownify }}