---
name: "gcli-snippets"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gcli"
version: "2.3.0-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gcli-snippets"
---

# gcli-snippets(1)

manage Gitlab snippets

## NAME

**gcli** **snippets** – manage Gitlab snippets

## SYNOPSIS

**gcli** \[**-l**\] \[**-s**\] \[**-n** *n*\]

**gcli** **delete** *snippet-id*

**gcli** **get** *snippet-id*

## DESCRIPTION

Use **gcli** to list, create, download or delete GitLab snippets. Without a subcommand specified, **gcli** will list all of your own snippets.

## OPTIONS

- **-l**, **--long**

  Print a long list instead of a short table.

- **-s**, **--sorted**

  Reverse the output such that most recent items appear at the bottom.

- **-n**, **--count** *n*

  Fetch at least *n* snippets. Setting *n* to -1 will fetch all snippets. Default: 30. Note that on users with many snippets fetching all snippets can take a considerable amount of time and may result in rate limiting by the GitLab API.

## SUBCOMMANDS

- **delete**

  Delete a snippet.

- **get**

  Fetch the raw contents of the snippet.

## EXAMPLES

List all of your snippets:

```
$ gcli -t gitlab snippets
```

Delete snippet with id 69420:

```
$ gcli -t gitlab snippets delete 69420
```

Print snippet with id 69420 into your pager:

```
$ gcli -t gitlab snippets get 69420 | $PAGER
```

## SEE ALSO

[git(1)](/git/1.md), [gcli(1)](/gcli/1.md)

## AUTHORS

Nico Sonack aka. herrhotzenplotz ⟨*nsonack@herrhotzenplotz.de*⟩ and contributors.

## BUGS

- This subcommand only works on Gitlab. It is not implemented for GitHub, as GitHub Gists work differently.

- Creating snippets is currently unimplemented.

- There is no **-y** flag to ask the user whether he is sure about deleting a snippet.

Please report bugs via E-Mail to *~herrhotzenplotz/gcli-discuss@lists.sr.ht*.

Alternatively you can report them on any of the forges linked at **https://herrhotzenplotz.de/gcli**. However, the preferred and quickest method is to use the mailing list.