unable to create kubernetes tls secret.

Generated Standard SSL from GoDaddy, downloaded key csr and crt: generated-private.key , generated.csr and e3d279cb54c1cdc7.crt

kubectl create secret tls production-tls --key generated-private.key --cert e3d279cb54c1cdc7.crt

error: "failed to load key pair tls: failed to find any PEM data in key input"

private key content (generated-private.key)

-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY----- MIIEvgIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAASCBKgwggSkAgEAAoIBAQChdTdnfDP2jDiw TjfjxR3J4NS4VOBldm4A2uHbmftkt9OoqvQc4yhHAQIw6VD3PnwrzbP+sAeSUCj7 ........... S5rcQ7YLOkcKxqUAL85Q8NoT -----END PRIVATE KEY-----

I am lost here any input will be helpful

Thanks,