title: github generate ssh key on windows
body: <p>Windows 7 Ultimate , git version 1.8.0.msysgit.0</p>
  
  <p>I'm following these directions to generate an ssh key : <code>https://help.github.com/articles/generating-ssh-keys</code></p>
  
  <pre><code>$clip &lt; ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
  # Copies the contents of the id_rsa.pub file to your clipboard
  
  The '&lt;' operator is reserved for future use.
  At line:1 char:7
  + clip &lt; &lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;  ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
      + CategoryInfo          : ParserError: (&lt;:OperatorToken) [], ParentContain
     sErrorRecordException
      + FullyQualifiedErrorId : RedirectionNotSupported
  </code></pre>