Generate key

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "your_email@example.com"

Check correct file permissions

stat -c '%a %n' ~/.ssh ~/.ssh/*

should output something like:

700 /home/[username]/.ssh
600 /home/[username]/.ssh/id_rsa
644 /home/[username]/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
644 /home/[username]/.ssh/known_hosts

Copy to clipboard

copy is e.g. xclip -sel clip

cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | copy

Check fingerprint

to compare with the one saved in an online service

ssh-add -l -E md5

Test connection to Github

ssh -T git@github.com