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ix(1)                                 IX                                   ix(1)

NAME

    ix: command line pastebin.


TL;DR

    ~$ echo Hello world. | curl -F 'f:1=<-' ix.io
    http://ix.io/fpW


GET

    ix.io/ID
        raw

    ix.io/ID/
        default syntax language (by filetype, if provided)
        append #n-LINENO to link directly to a particular line
        uses pygments, see pygments documentation for details

    ix.io/ID/LANG
        explicitly set language

    ix.io/ID+
        console highlighting (default)

    ix.io/ID+LANG
        console highlighting (explicitly set language)

    ix.io/user/USER
        pastes from USER

    ix.io/user/
        last 100 anonymous pastes


POST

    ix.io/

        f:N    contents or attached file.
        id:N   id to replace. login required if used.
        name:N set filename (if f:N is not attached).
        ext:N  set filetype (eg .txt, if f:N is not attached).
        read:N set number of reads allowed before deletion.
        rm     id to delete. login required if used.

    where N is a unique number within request. (This allows you to post
    multiple files at once.)

    Use Basic-Auth to login. If the login does not exist, it will be created.
    Don't use an important password, this is not secure.

    returns: http://ix.io/id for N in request


PUT

    ix.io/ID
        replace ID. authentication required


DELETE

    ix.io/ID
        delete ID. authentication required


EXAMPLES

    Anonymous, unnamed paste, two ways:

        cat file.ext | curl -F 'f:1=<-' ix.io
        curl -F 'f:1=@file.ext' ix.io

    Nonymous, using .netrc for auth:

       curl -n -F 'f:1=@file.ext' ix.io

    Delete ID, two ways:

        curl -n -X DELETE ix.io/ID
        curl -F 'rm=ID' USER:PASS@ix.io

    Replace ID, two ways:

        curl -n -X PUT -F 'f:1=@file.ext' ix.io/ID
        cat file.ext | curl -F 'f:1=<-' -F 'id:1=ID' USER:PASS@ix.io

    Paste that can be only be read twice:

        cat file.ext | curl -F 'f:1=<-' -F 'read:1=2' ix.io


CLIENT

    A client is maintained at ix.io/client

        curl ix.io/client > ix
        chmod +x ix
        ./ix -h

    Or if you wish, paste the following function into $HOME/.bashrc:

        ix() {
            local opts
            local OPTIND
            [ -f "$HOME/.netrc" ] && opts='-n'
            while getopts ":hd:i:n:" x; do
                case $x in
                    h) echo "ix [-d ID] [-i ID] [-n N] [opts]"; return;;
                    d) $echo curl $opts -X DELETE ix.io/$OPTARG; return;;
                    i) opts="$opts -X PUT"; local id="$OPTARG";;
                    n) opts="$opts -F read:1=$OPTARG";;
                esac
            done
            shift $(($OPTIND - 1))
            [ -t 0 ] && {
                local filename="$1"
                shift
                [ "$filename" ] && {
                    curl $opts -F f:1=@"$filename" $* ix.io/$id
                    return
                }
                echo "^C to cancel, ^D to send."
            }
            curl $opts -F f:1='<-' $* ix.io/$id
        }

    Then open a new shell and type `ix -h`


CAVEATS:
    Paste at your risk. Be nice please. If you are distributing software that
    uses this automatically, talk to me first. If you are distributing malware
    please go away forever.

    The codebase for ix.io is intended to be free and open-source. It is not
    published at the moment because the author doesn't want to publish code
    that isn't pretty and pleasant (and is also deeply lazy about getting it
    there).

CHANGES

    20160129
        Upgrade Pygments to 2.1
    20150908
        Terminal syntax highlighting (with + instead of /)
    20141201
        PUT and DELETE support
    20141130
        Migrated backend for better concurrency
        Respect login:token via netrc/Basic-Auth (overrides request)
        If file is attached set name/ext from the filename
        Python client retired. We'll just build the shell snippet a bit more
        Add delete after N reads functionality
    20121205
        Lots of changes to the bashrc function, and made a script version
        available at /client.
    20090911
        new client released (v0.4):
            * prompts for filename and filetype in interactive/pipe mode
            * more intuitive use of -i (-i ID FILE)
            * allow multiple deletes at the same time (-d ID -d ID2 ...)
            * allow multiple gets at the same time (-g ID -g ID2 ...)
    20090910
        Support deleting multiple items in one request
    20090801
        OK i'm hashing tokens in the db, looks like things still work.
    20090711
        add id:N parameter, for replacing previous pastes (that you own)
        python client updated to v0.3 accordingly
        changed behavior of returned URL for pastes of multiple files at once


TODO
    * allow anonymous, owned pastes. You own them and can delete them, but
      they don't show up in listings, and don't have sequential IDs.