PRIVATEBIN-CREATE(1)

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version 2.2.1 · 2 versions
, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 NAME 💖

privatebin-create — bestie, it creates a paste. That's it. That's the whole vibe. ✨

This is the privatebin-create(1) page from the Privatebin Manual, and I'm gonna walk you through it like we're texting at 2am. 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

privatebin create [-h | -help] [--burn-after-reading] [--expire=<time>]
                  [--formatter=<format>] [--open-discussion]
                  [--password=<password>] [--gzip] [--attachment]
                  [--filename=<filename>] [message] STDIN

Okay so lowkey that's a lot of brackets, but it's giving "everything is optional, you got this." 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

It creates a paste. Periodt. 💖

When you use it with --attachment, you can also drop an optional positional argument in there, and that argument is a text message that rides along with your attachment. So like — the file and a little note. Cute. 🎀

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -h, --help — shows the help message. When in doubt, ask for help, no cap. 🙈
  • --burn-after-reading — deletes the paste after it's read. Spicy. 🔥 Once it's seen, it's gone, fr fr.
  • --expire <time> — sets the time to live of the paste. Your paste has a lifespan, and you're the one deciding it. ⏳
  • --formatter <format> — the text formatter to use. It can be plaintext, markdown or syntaxhighlighting. Pick your fighter. 💅
  • --open-discussion — enables discussion on the paste. Let the people talk. 🗣️
  • --password — adds a password on the paste. Locked and loaded. 🔐
  • --attachment — creates the paste as an attachment. Instead of pasting text, you're yeeting a whole file. 📎
  • --filename — opens and reads filename instead of stdin. So you can point at a file directly instead of piping. 🦋
  • --gzip — GZip the paste data. Squish it down. 🗜️

🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

Create a paste on the default privatebin instance:

$ cat example.txt | privatebin create

Create an attachment with an accompanying message:

$ privatebin create --attachment --filename example.txt "Here is the document"

See? Look at you go. Main character energy. 👑

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

👑 AUTHORS 👑

  • Bryan Frimin.

Version 2.2.1, dated Feb 15, 2026. That's the whole page bestie, ty for reading, ily, go make some pastes 💜🧚🌸

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