HP 3PAR StoreServ 7200 2-node Administrator's Manual page 57

6. If you specified a pass phrase when creating the key pair, run ssh-agent and ssh-add to decrypt
the key before running your script (<script_name> in the following example).
$ ssh agent
echo Agent pid 24216
$ ssh add
Enter passphrase for /home/usr/user3/.ssh/id_dsa: ******
Identity added: /home/usr/user3/.ssh/id_dsa (/home/usr/user3/.ssh/id_dsa)
$ <script_name>
NOTE: You can redirect the standard input, or stdin, to execute multiple CLI commands.
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