1GH-GIST-CREATE(1)              GitHub CLI manual             GH-GIST-CREATE(1)
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NAME

6       gh-gist-create - Create a new gist
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SYNOPSIS

11       gh gist create [<filename>... | -] [flags]
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DESCRIPTION

16       Create a new GitHub gist with given contents.
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19       Gists  can  be  created from one or multiple files. Alternatively, pass
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23       By default, gists are secret; use '--public' to  make  publicly  listed
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OPTIONS

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EXAMPLE

47       # publish file 'hello.py' as a public gist
48       $ gh gist create --public hello.py
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50       # create a gist with a description
51       $ gh gist create hello.py -d "my Hello-World program in Python"
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54       $ gh gist create hello.py world.py cool.txt
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56       # read from standard input to create a gist
57       $ gh gist create -
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59       # create a gist from output piped from another command
60       $ cat cool.txt | gh gist create
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SEE ALSO

67       gh-gist(1)
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71                                   Nov 2023                  GH-GIST-CREATE(1)
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