PASTEBINIT(1)

💖 PASTEBINIT 💖

okay bestie, so this is the manual page for pastebinit, a lil command-line pastebin client. it's in the User Commands section of the manual, and honestly? it's iconic. let's get into it 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so like, this manual page documents briefly the pastebinit commands. brief vibes only. 💅

pastebinit reads text and sends it to a "pastebin" on the internet, returning the URL to the user. that's it. that's the whole job. it just... yeets your text into the void and hands you back a link. main character behaviour honestly. ✨

and it lets the text be passed through a pipe (|) or from files as arguments. so you can go full cat thing | pastebinit or pastebinit thing.txt, whatever your heart says. 🦋

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👑 OPTIONS 👑

🌈 General arguments

• -b [pastebin] — picks which pastebin to use. the default is distro-specific with a fallback to bpa.st.
• -i [input file] — give it an input file.
• -l — list all supported pastebins. window shopping, but for pastebins.
• -E — print the content to stdout too. like, you get the link and the receipts.
• -h — print the help screen.
• -v — print the version number.
• -V — print verbose output to stderr.

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🦋 Optional arguments (not supported by all pastebins)

heads up bestie: these are optional, and not all pastebins support them. don't come for me if your fave pastebin doesn't play nice. 💀

• -a [author] — sets the author. default: $USER.
• -t [title of paste] — sets the title of the paste. default: none.
• -f [format of paste] — sets the format of the paste. default: text.
• -P [private level] — sets the private level. default: 1.
• -e [expiry of paste] — sets the expiry of the paste. default: none.
• -u [username] — sets the username. default: none.
• -p [password] — sets the password. default: none.

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🎀 CONFIGURATION FILES 🎀

if a ~/.pastebinit.xml file is found in the user's home directory, pastebinit will use it for its configuration. it's giving "customization era". 💖

here's an example file, copy it and make it your own:

<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. so if you want one specific pastebin to do its own thing, that's your moment. 🌟

XDG config and data locations are also supported for these two. yes, both of them. we love a flexible filesystem layout. 🫶

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💜 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

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⭐ COPYRIGHT ⭐

Copyright © 2007-2014 Stephane Graber

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okay that's the whole page, bestie! this version of pastebinit comes to you from the pastebinit manual, dated May 1, 2024 — go forth and paste responsibly 💅✨🌈