CLI

Create and manage pastes from the terminal with the mdgist command-line tool.

cat README.md | mdgist
mdgist notes.md
echo '# Hello' | mdgist --url my-doc --password secret

Install

brew install jameslupolt/tap/mdgist

go install github.com/jameslupolt/mdgist/cli@latest

Grab the latest binary from GitHub Releases and put it in your PATH.

Flag	Short	Description
`--url`	`-u`	Custom URL slug
`--password`	`-p`	Password-protect the paste
`--edit-code`	`-e`	Edit code for edits and deletion
`--ttl`	`-t`	Time to live (`1h`, `1d`, `1w`, `30d`)
`--history`		Enable edit history
`--delete`	`-d`	Delete a paste by ID
`--server`	`-s`	Server URL
`--version`		Print version

The default server is https://mdgist.com. Override it with --server or the MDGIST_SERVER environment variable.

Paste with a custom URL and 1-day expiry:

cat draft.md | mdgist -u meeting-notes -t 1d

Password-protected paste with edit code:

mdgist secret.md -p hunter2 -e mycode

Paste to a self-hosted instance:

cat log.md | mdgist -s http://localhost:8000

Pastes without an edit code can be deleted by anyone:

mdgist -d abc123

If the paste has an edit code, you need it to delete:

mdgist -d abc123 -e myeditcode