paste2pastebin

#!/bin/bash
# this tool is handy to copy standard output from the command line to pastebin
# it wil return your output with an URL.
# refurbished by flip hess 2011
# originator: http://www.anildewani.com
# coder : Anil Dewani
# date : Novemeber 7, 2010
# Paste at Pastebin.com using command line (browsers are slow, right?)


# Global variables:

  PATH='/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin'
  SCRIPT_PATH="${0}"

  # set empty var:
  NAME=
  EMAIL=
  TYPE=

  API="http://pastebin.com/api_public.php"

# Functions:

  # exit function
  function die()
  {
    echo "${1}"
    exit 1
  }


  # The main function.
  function fMain()
  {
    #get options and set vars
    while getopts "n:e:t:h" OPTION
    do
      case ${OPTION} in

        n)
          NAME=${OPTARG}
          ;;
        e)
          EMAIL=${OPTARG}
          ;;
        t)
          TYPE=${OPTARG}
          ;;
        h)
          fShowUsage
          ;;
        ?)
          fShowUsage
          ;;
      esac
    done

    # check for stdin, if so, get it :)
    if [ "$( tty )" == 'not a tty' ]
    then
      INPUT="$(</dev/stdin)"
    else
      fShowUsage
    fi

    # check for empty input
    [ -z ${INPUT} ] && fShowUsage

    QUERYSTRING="paste_private=0&paste_code=${INPUT}&paste_name=${NAME}&paste_email=${EMAIL}&paste_format=${TYPE}"

    #post data to pastebin.com API
    curl -d "${QUERYSTRING}" "${API}"
    echo ""

    return 0

  }

  # Shows usage.
  function fShowUsage()
  {
    echo "Pastebin.com Bash Script"
    echo ""
    echo "Usage : ${SCRIPT_PATH} [ -n <paste name> ] [ -e <paste email> ] [ -t <type of code> ] [ -h ]"
    echo ""
    echo "   <paste name>   Specify the name of paste to be used (optional)"
    echo "   <paste email>  Specify email to be used while pasting (optional)"
    echo "   <type of code> Specify code language used, use any of the following values (optional and default value is plain text)"
    echo ""
    echo "Example: \"echo \"Testing\" | ./${SCRIPT_PATH}\""
    echo ""
    echo "=> Some famous [ -t <type of code> ] Values:"
    echo ""
    echo "  - php - PHP"
    echo "  - actionscript3 - Action Script 3"
    echo "  - asp - ASP"
    echo "  - bash - BASH script"
    echo "  - c - C language"
    echo "  - csharp - C#"
    echo "  - cpp - C++"
    echo "  - java - JAVA"
    echo "  - sql - SQL"
    echo ""

    exit 1
  }

# do the magic:

  # first things first: check for curl
  [ -x "$(which curl)" ] || die "this script depends on curl"

  # Start the program:
  fMain "${@}"

  # Exit with previous return code:
  exit "${?}"