tldr/pages/common/gist.md

gist

Upload code to https://gist.github.com. More information: https://github.com/defunkt/gist.

• Login in gist on this computer:

gist --login

• Create a gist from any number of text files:

gist {{file.txt}} {{file2.txt}}

• Create a private gist with a description:

gist -p -d {{"A meaningful description"}} {{file.txt}}

• Read contents from stdin and create a gist from it:

{{echo "hello world"}} | gist

• List your public and private gists:

gist -l

• List all gists for the currently logged in user:

gist -l {{username}}

• Use the id from the gist URL to modify or include a file:

gist -u {{GIST_ID}} {{file.txt}}