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**To send a an SSH public key to an instance**
The following ``send-ssh-public-key`` example sends the specified SSH public key to the specified instance. The key is used to authenticate the specified user. ::
aws ec2-instance-connect send-ssh-public-key \
--instance-id i-1234567890abcdef0 \
--instance-os-user ec2-user \
--availability-zone us-east-2b \
--ssh-public-key file://path/my-rsa-key.pub
This command produces no output.