From d7581997dec39af108ede8534c5b9c8ff5b7adf9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pratik Tripathy <>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 17:23:37 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Remove SSH files after the operation completion

---
 init-linux-harden.sh | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/init-linux-harden.sh b/init-linux-harden.sh
index 80d229b..6caa06c 100755
--- a/init-linux-harden.sh
+++ b/init-linux-harden.sh
@@ -1003,14 +1003,15 @@ print_credentials_and_clean_up() {
     fi
 
     echo "SSH private key:"
-    cat "$SSH_KEY_FILE" && rm "$SSH_KEY_FILE" >/dev/null 2>&1
+    cat "$SSH_KEY_FILE"
     echo
 
     echo "SSH Key's Passphrase: $SSH_KEY_PASSPHRASE"
     echo
 
     echo "SSH public key location: $SSH_KEY_FILE.pub:"
-    cat "$SSH_KEY_FILE.pub"
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2086
+    cat "$SSH_KEY_FILE.pub" && rm -f $SSH_KEY_FILE* >/dev/null 2>&1
     echo "########################################################################################"
 }