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File Sharing Services

Introduction​

Sometimes we might want to easily share some files.

While this can be accomplished directly in communications or manually through certain websites like, there also exist a number of open services that allow you to share directly from the command line by using tools you already have installed.

This is great for many situations, including troubleshooting or just plain fun.
Here I will share a few examples and how to use them.

Services and Examples​

0x0.st​

512 MB Limit

curl -F'file=@yourfile.png' https://0x0.st

Oshi.at​

5000 MB Limit

curl -T /path/to/file https://oshi.at

rustypaste​

500 MB Limit

curl -F 'file=@example.txt' https://rustypaste.shuttleapp.rs

paste.c-net.org​

50 MB Limit

curl --upload-file '/tmp/file' 'https://paste.c-net.org/'

temp.sh​

4000 MB Limit

curl -F "file=@test.txt" https://temp.sh/upload

transfer.sh​

10000 MB Limit

curl --upload-file ./hello.txt https://transfer.sh

Aliases and other tricks​

rustypaste paster​

To quasi-install rustypaste pasting and sharing add the following to your bashrc (zshrc untested):

paster .bashrc
paster()
{
    local url='https://rustypaste.shuttleapp.rs'
    if (( $# )); then
        local file
        for file; do
            curl -F "file=@""$file""" "$url" 
        done
    else
        curl -F 'file=@-' "$url"
    fi
}

Then you can use paster:

<command> | paster to share output.

paster <filepath> <filepath2> to share file(s).

cnet pastenet​

To quasi-install paste.c-net.org pasting and sharing add the following to your bashrc:

paste.cnet.org .bashrc
pastenet()
{
    local url='https://paste.c-net.org/'
    if (( $# )); then
        local file
        for file; do
            curl -s \
                --data-binary @"$file" \
                --header "X-FileName: ${file##*/}" \
                "$url"
        done
    else
        curl -s --data-binary @- "$url"
    fi
}
pasteget()
{
    local url='https://paste.c-net.org/'
    if (( $# )); then
        local arg
        for arg; do
            curl -s "${url}${arg##*/}"
        done
    else
        local arg
        while read -r arg; do
            curl -s "${url}${arg##*/}"
        done
    fi
}

Then you can use pastenet and pasteget a few ways:

<command> | pastenet to share output.

pastenet <filepath> <filepath2> to share file(s).

pasteget https://paste.c-net.org/<exampleurl> to download paste.c-net shared content.

transfer.sh transfer​

To quasi-install transfer.sh sharing add the following to your bashrc:

transfer.sh .bashrc
transfer(){ if [ $# -eq 0 ];then echo "No arguments specified.\nUsage:\n  transfer <file|directory>\n  ... | transfer <file_name>">&2;return 1;fi;if tty -s;then file="$1";file_name=$(basename "$file");if [ ! -e "$file" ];then echo "$file: No such file or directory">&2;return 1;fi;if [ -d "$file" ];then file_name="$file_name.zip" ,;(cd "$file"&&zip -r -q - .)|curl --progress-bar --upload-file "-" "https://transfer.sh/$file_name"|tee /dev/null,;else cat "$file"|curl --progress-bar --upload-file "-" "https://transfer.sh/$file_name"|tee /dev/null;fi;else file_name=$1;curl --progress-bar --upload-file "-" "https://transfer.sh/$file_name"|tee /dev/null;fi;}

Then you can use transfer:

transfer <filepath> to share a file.

Notes and Warnings​

  • There is more detailed info at each host, including options like setting expiration time and more.
  • Please dont abuse these services. They are made freely available, so dont knock a good thing.
  • Further stipulations, user and privacy clauses and the like can be found at each project host.
  • Remember to avoid sharing personal information.