Nothing happens when I try to generate a key

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I'm trying to generate a key for my computer, but I notice that when I try running the command that I see on GitHub.com, nothing happens, and I only get a prompt. I'm wondering what could be happening? Advice is appreciated, thanks!

I tried searching up how to generate an SSH key, and it seems that I'm supposed to be getting a different output. I tried going into different directories but got the same issue.

Edit: Adding text output, since I can't seem to produce an image.

[username]$ ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C “[Github email]"

(Output): ">"

ssh github
1 Answers

One of your quote symbols is the wrong type of quote symbol - specifically, it's U+201C LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK. Re-type the command - it was probably messed up by copying it from somewhere.

If your shell prompts you with a >, that means you are not done entering your command yet. Try typing something simple like

echo "test

Bash will display a > and wait for you to finish the command. In this case it's because you've opened a quote (the last character in your command) and not yet closed it.

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