gist

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Upload code to <https://gist.github.com>.

Options (4)

-p, --privateboolean

Create a private gist with a description

Example: gist {{[-p|--private]}} {{[-d|--description]}} "{{A meaningful description}}" {{file.txt}}

-d, --descriptionboolean

Create a private gist with a description

Example: gist {{[-p|--private]}} {{[-d|--description]}} "{{A meaningful description}}" {{file.txt}}

-l, --listboolean

List your public and private gists

Example: gist {{[-l|--list]}}

-u, --updateboolean

Update a gist using the ID from URL

Example: gist {{[-u|--update]}} {{GIST_ID}} {{file.txt}}

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|--private] [-d|--description] "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]

List all public gists for any user

gist [-l|--list] username

Update a gist using the ID from URL

gist [-u|--update] GIST_ID file.txt