gh gist create
gh gist create [<filename>... | -] [flags]
Create a new GitHub gist with given contents.
Gists can be created from one or multiple files. Alternatively, pass - as
file name to read from standard input.
By default, gists are secret; use --public to make publicly listed ones.
Options
-d,--desc <string>- A description for this gist
-f,--filename <string>- Provide a filename to be used when reading from standard input
-p,--public- List the gist publicly (default "secret")
-w,--web- Open the web browser with created gist
ALIASES
gh gist new
Examples
# publish file 'hello.py' as a public gist
$ gh gist create --public hello.py
# create a gist with a description
$ gh gist create hello.py -d "my Hello-World program in Python"
# create a gist containing several files
$ gh gist create hello.py world.py cool.txt
# read from standard input to create a gist
$ gh gist create -
# create a gist from output piped from another command
$ cat cool.txt | gh gist create