---
name: "pastebinit"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "pastebinit"
version: "1.5.1-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pastebinit"
---

# pastebinit(1)

command-line pastebin client

## NAME

pastebinit - command-line pastebin client

## SYNOPSIS

**pastebinit** \[**-abfhiljmrtup**\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **pastebinit** commands

**pastebinit** reads text and sends it to a "pastebin" on the internet, returning the URL to the user.

It allows the text to be passed through a pipe (\|) or from files as arguments.

## OPTIONS

### Optional arguments (not supported by all pastebins)

**-a \[author\]** (default: $USER)

**-b \[pastebin url\]** (default is distro-specific with a fallback to pastebin.com)

**-E** Print the content to stdout too

**-f \[format for syntax-highlighting\]** (default: text) (check pastebin's website for complete list, example: python)

**-h** Help screen

**-i \[filename\]** Use filename for input

**-l** List all the supported pastebins

**-j \[jabberid\]** (default: none)

**-m \[permatag\]** (default: none)

**-t \[title of paste\]** (default: none)

**-P \[private\]** (default: 1)

**-u \[username\]** (default: none)

**-p \[password\]** (default: none)

**-v** Version number

## CONFIGURATION FILE

If a .pastebinit.xml file is found in the user's home directory, pastebinit will use it for its configuration.

Here's an example file:

 \<pastebinit\>\
      \<pastebin\>https://paste.ubuntu.com\</pastebin\>\
      \<author\>Stephane Graber\</author\>\
      \<jabberid\>stgraber@stgraber.org\</jabberid\>\
      \<format\>text\</format\>\
  \</pastebinit\>

## AUTHORS

Pastebinit is currently written by Stephane Graber.

username, password, format, title, arguments and redirect support added by Daniel Bartlett.

Website: http://launchpad.net/pastebinit

E-mail: stgraber@ubuntu.com

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2007-2014 Stephane Graber\