2018-12-15
The Advent of Void: Day 15: wgetpaste
wgetpaste is a bash script that can be used to upload text snippets to various pastebin sites.
To upload a snippet just add the file as a first parameter:
$ wgetpaste my_text.txt
Your paste can be seen here: https://paste.pound-python.org/show/94nOufHUeBGAPrIX5tuT/
wgetpaste can also read input from stdin:
$ cal | wgetpaste # poor mans web calendar!
To lists the supported engines use the -S flag:
$ wgetpaste -S
Services supported: (case sensitive):
Name: | Url:
=============|=================
bpaste | https://bpaste.net/
codepad | http://codepad.org/
dpaste | http://dpaste.com/
gists | https://api.github.com/gists
*poundpython | https://paste.pound-python.org/
you can set the service by the -s flag:
$ wgetpaste -s dpaste my_text.txt
Your paste can be seen here: http://dpaste.com/0RRN4FQ
For more information on wgetpaste run wgetpaste --help