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PASTEBINIT(1) User Commands PASTEBINIT(1)

NAME

pastebinit - command-line pastebin client

SYNOPSIS

pastebinit [OPTION...] [FILE...]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the pastebinit commands.

pastebinit reads text and sends it to a "pastebin" on the internet, returning the URL to the user.

It allows the text to be passed through a pipe (|) or from files as arguments.

OPTIONS

General arguments

-b [pastebin] (default is distro-specific with a fallback to bpa.st)

-i [input file]

-l List all supported pastebins

-E Print the content to stdout too

-h Print the help screen

-v Print the version number

-V Print verbose output to stderr

Optional arguments (not supported by all pastebins)

-a [author] (default: $USER)

-t [title of paste] (default: none)

-f [format of paste] (default: text)

-P [private level] (default: 1)

-e [expiry of paste] (default: none)

-u [username] (default: none)

-p [password] (default: none)

CONFIGURATION FILES

If a ~/.pastebinit.xml file is found in the user's home directory, pastebinit will use it for its configuration.

Here's an example file:

<pastebinit>


    <pastebin>paste.ubuntu.com</pastebin>


    <author>Stephane Graber</author>


    <format>text</format>


    <private>1</private>


    <expiry></expiry>
</pastebinit>

Similarly, pastebin configuration files can be put under a ~/.pastebin.d directory to override the specific options of those.

XDG config and data locations are also supported for these two.

AUTHORS

pastebinit is currently written by Stephane Graber.

username, password, format, title, arguments and redirect support added by Daniel Bartlett.

Website: https://launchpad.net/pastebinit

E-mail: stgraber@ubuntu.com

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2007-2014 Stephane Graber

May 1, 2024 pastebinit