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Share Code Snippets Easily From the Command Line

This is a great tip I found at commandlinefu to easily share code snippets write from the command line.

First, you may want to add this to your aliases file:

(If you don’t have the xclip program, you can easily install it from your package manager.)

Now, say that you have a c program named “hello.c”, to share it, type this (after reloading your aliases file of course):

cat hello.c | share

Now, the code is already in the internet, and the URL is in your clipboard. Go to firefox and click the middle mouse button in the URI area. You’ll see a URL similar to this:

http://sprunge.us/BaFS

To view the code with syntax highlighting and line numbers, just append “?c? (or “?lang” where ‘lang’ is the relevant programming language). So the final URL should look like this:

http://sprunge.us/BaFS?c

Enjoy

Tags: Bash, Command Line Interface, Productivity, Sharing