Real-World Code Search Recipes/Find SSH key references

Inspect code and config for private key usage.

Section: Security and secrets hygiene

Find SSH key references

bash
bash
rg -i 'id_rsa|id_ed25519|IdentityFile' .
Explanation

Useful when standardizing deployment and SSH practices.

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