Whenever I was to store something to show someone here, I run
command-with-output | pastebinit.
That returns the link to the paste online. For example:
echo sometext | pastebinit
gave me the link
Which I can share. How can I do this with a file - for example a log file. Surely I don't have to open - > copy all - > open paste.ubuntu.com -> paste it?
cat is the command to do that:
cat filename | pastebinit
From man cat:
cat - concatenate files and print on the standard output
-A, --show-all
equivalent to -vET
-b, --number-nonblank
number nonempty output lines
-e equivalent to -vE
-E, --show-ends
display $ at end of each line
-n, --number
number all output lines
-s, --squeeze-blank
suppress repeated empty output lines
-t equivalent to -vT
-T, --show-tabs
display TAB characters as ^I
-v, --show-nonprinting
use ^ and M- notation, except for LFD and TAB
With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
I'd personally use cat (per Rinzwind's answer) but there's also an -i flag:
pastebinit -i [filename]
From man pastebinit:
OPTIONS
-i [filename] Use filename for input
