---
name: "mpaste"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mate-desktop"
version: "1.16.2-2"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mpaste"
---

# mpaste(1)

command-line client for https://paste.mate-desktop.org

## NAME

mpaste - command-line client for https://paste.mate-desktop.org

## SYNOPSIS

**mpaste \[\<OPTIONS\>\] \[\<INFILE\>\]**

## DESCRIPTION

The **mpaste** program reads text from file or STDIN and sends it to

    *https://paste.mate-desktop.org*,

a pastebin site run by the MATE Desktop project. After pasting some text, **mpaste** returns the URL of the pasted text to the user.

If *\<INFILE\>* is omitted, **mpaste** waits for incoming text on STDIN.

## OPTIONS

The following options are supported:

- *-t, --title \<TITLE\>*

  Title of the paste.

- *-p, --private*

  Should this paste be private?

- *-pwd, --password \<PASSWORD\>*

  Protect paste with a given password.

- *-lang, --language \<LANG\>*

  Language that the paste is in.

- *-ll, --language-list*

  List all supported languages.

- *-e, --expire \<MINUTES\>*

  Paste expires in a given number of minutes.

## BUGS

If you find bugs in the *mpaste* program, please report these on https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-desktop/issues.

## AUTHOR

This manual page has been written for the Debian project by Mike Gabriel \<mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de\> and maybe used by others.