host: Trying pubkey authentication with key file '/home/me/.ssh/id_rsa.pub'
host: Will not query passphrase for '/home/me/.ssh/id_rsa.pub' in batch mode.
 Loading private key failed.

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ssh-keygen -b 1024 -f identity -P '' -t dsa

This  ssh-keygen command creates a 1,024-bit (-b 1024) key pair called
identity  (-f  identity) using the DSA algorithm (-t dsa). The private
key  is created with a null-passphrase (-P ''), which is important for
automating the login process.