GitHub/CLI/How to/Create a Gist on GitHub from the command line

• GitHub/CLI/gh/gist/create docs

  • # Create a gist from a file
    gh gist create [<filename>...] [flags]
    
    # Common flags:
    -d, --desc <string>    # Add a description
    -p, --public          # Make the gist public (default is secret)
    -f, --filename        # Specify filename when reading from stdin
    -w, --web            # Open in browser after creation

  • Create a public gist from a file

    • gh gist create --public hello.py
    • By default, gists are created as secret (private). Use the --public flag to make them publicly visible.

  • Create a gist with a description

    • gh gist create hello.py -d "my Hello-World program in Python"

  • Create a gist with multiple files

    • gh gist create hello.py world.py cool.txt

  • Create a gist from standard input

    • gh gist create -

  • Create a gist from piped input

    • cat cool.txt | gh gist create