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Load PuTTY Private Key

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Loads a PuTTY private key into an SSH key object.

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use strict;
use warnings;
use Chilkat2;

my $sb = Chilkat2::StringBuilder->new;
my $bCrlf = 1;
$sb->AppendLine('PuTTY-User-Key-File-2: ssh-rsa', $bCrlf);
$sb->AppendLine('Encryption: aes256-cbc', $bCrlf);
$sb->AppendLine('Comment: rsa-key-20161121', $bCrlf);
$sb->AppendLine('Public-Lines: 6', $bCrlf);
$sb->AppendLine('AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAQEArIVxZTGYjqqNegJeMqgZzXKuX3YtxmD4DPnQ', $bCrlf);
$sb->AppendLine('K01SXoR9UA4wl6RJK5FGonI5spVnddr6HJny0eY5/RmV1dyL0fNdH2pfnHHoTd9B', $bCrlf);
$sb->AppendLine('uXG0PcTn4BqJFlybC6NNaGaByqpNPaOgjJIMHXTaeCuDuzwP02f3UKSfLAFdvUNP', $bCrlf);
$sb->AppendLine('fX3yrMRabjVcHJpgUn535Y9Y3ZphSFssiElLpp1vo6QLsdiAl0wgU4HLw9Dfg8sh', $bCrlf);
$sb->AppendLine('p3zgAufYUUIx2HChITJ7OO/PH5GEbPvJFbYH4Wx33GEe56JCF9QxxDCqNxsPMrvu', $bCrlf);
$sb->AppendLine('mqkSIPIELFl5zVYSFD9PiL8RZQcPJGq5zbF9+szsS/6DSH8biw==', $bCrlf);
$sb->AppendLine('Private-Lines: 14', $bCrlf);
$sb->AppendLine('SVqUm9zBUN6zaAaUY6TLnIXAhxqv4s1UhzukcN7Ns0Fs1EqdDP4nVMKgmiDxHaAj', $bCrlf);
$sb->AppendLine('ucb1PLv7uj2eGt69E+HKH4AC2LtJZNH4qLw+p8QKqdN79oRAMHwtS4cU88eeQ91t', $bCrlf);
$sb->AppendLine('2W3wzmTzvYFlE6VbUr3bNl3f68OCQHz+7YJuL8g0eclNuveHB/VmBqnek1LL/cRY', $bCrlf);
$sb->AppendLine('wmk8wyzHRl7X8fyjGX0PiOPyVwXBDJFNjjKAdrRCRS0Cc4PWAb/18qrA9ApArQVk', $bCrlf);
$sb->AppendLine('a5miOMfrXFF2Vg3JyNgfdDilNKkry9x5oTtfueZkFgu/6pofP5qrTstr+BmB16mu', $bCrlf);
$sb->AppendLine('MxcDRF+jOm9XvU1OnrzQ9rBzuaHEfhSHqlKyMGTDuzRtNyxlDBgK4DaZ2z1FJQGF', $bCrlf);
$sb->AppendLine('63p36KgVqx571PUJ8P/28VUb6s/OtXcjhxxvhC8Eo0wrTdjzDiX+IovdjOhWgn4v', $bCrlf);
$sb->AppendLine('xugaYocotTbhqq+O1w9xYtmG8fP921+TIpHzCkE8QTJzLJ40pemKZ+TAOmhb0OUQ', $bCrlf);
$sb->AppendLine('jemqmRohcxx7NEoZ0TsoAe6i+GQJ2cEE7LcNcSX3V66AkyTsTieqk1nSxyHyoF+l', $bCrlf);
$sb->AppendLine('rTaVOhFM5H8Etzv94SP3c1if3Qa9cmZaEmfaqrS94bzX+OY/zRIFweT0BeMo3Uac', $bCrlf);
$sb->AppendLine('fP6gBDBiLYZeRURcx0mYRdNYlssaKoYLA6c7F3ggo34VfgD6LP+ZYnG8yAXGXSPr', $bCrlf);
$sb->AppendLine('lgrfdg/szqSsOKVdkoGTkVy+BgrhITnFIs8TLZsrtSEPmXjEa+QvdP6FPsyN5u6P', $bCrlf);
$sb->AppendLine('8s0i8EC0KT0YA77Ps29DEU3fxsXVSc9Xd9qdiWfJ0ce2hOsTwxL1gxtXUKP4xCzm', $bCrlf);
$sb->AppendLine('oXaWLFajiws2EjgBbwREj12v0I2N4xrpf/PeJq22EvWLYm9H94DdFrkm0b4p6Kmu', $bCrlf);
$sb->AppendLine('Private-MAC: ef04289f158f498b8050e19f1630b4764fe64ab9', $bCrlf);

my $sshKey = Chilkat2::SshKey->new;

# Must specify a password for this PuTTY private key because it is encrypted.
$sshKey->Password('secret');

my $success = $sshKey->FromPuttyPrivateKey($sb->GetAsString());
if (!$success) {
    print $sshKey->LastErrorText, "\n";
    print "Failed.\n";
}

print 'success = ', ($success ? 1 : 0), "\n";