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keychain: Also check for gpg-agent.

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$ keychain --agents "${gpg,ssh}"

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The keychain command is used to manage SSH and GPG agents. An agent is a program that holds private keys and passwords in memory and can authenticate on behalf of the user. The keychain command is used to start and manage these agents, ensuring that they are running and accessible to other processes.

In the given command, --agents "${gpg,ssh}" is passed as an argument to the keychain command. This argument specifies the agents that need to be started and managed by keychain.

The agents specified are ${gpg,ssh}. The ${} syntax is used for variable expansion/ substitution. In this case, it means that the keychain command will start and manage both the GPG and SSH agents.

So, by running keychain --agents "${gpg,ssh}", the keychain command will start and manage the GPG and SSH agents, making them accessible to other processes that require their services.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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