paste

#!/bin/bash
#
# This program uses the pastebinit program and a KDE4 klipper instance
# to paste fast and conveniently from a console.

# see man pastebinit and it's -b argument
target="http://paste.kde.org/~mwolff/"

# get clipboard contents from klipper
toPaste=$(clipboard)

if [[ "$(echo $toPaste | wc -l)" == "1" && "$(echo $toPaste | grep $target)" ]]; then
  echo "cancelling, not pasting '$toPaste' - looks useless"
  exit
fi

# see man pastebinit and it's -f argument
formatting="text"

if [[ "$1" != "" ]]; then
	formatting="$1"
fi

# paste
echo "will paste the following to $target:"
echo
echo $toPaste
echo
echo -n "... pasting ..."

pasteUrl=$(echo -n "$toPaste" | pastebinit -f "$formatting" -b "$target")
trim() { echo $1; }
pasteUrl=$(trim $pasteUrl)

echo " done"
echo
echo "pasted to $pasteUrl"

# set klipper contents to pasteUrl
echo $pasteUrl | clipboard