# phpman > man > pbputs(1)


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## NAME
       pbput - compress and encode arbitrary files to pastebin.com

       pbputs - compress, encrypt, encode arbitrary files to pastebin.com

       pbget - decode and decompress arbitrary files from pastebin.com


## SYNOPSIS
       **pbput** [FILENAME]

       cat foo | **pbput**

       **pbputs** [FILENAME] [GPG_USER]

       cat foo | **pbputs** **[GPG**___**USER]**

       **pbget** URL [DIRECTORY]


## DESCRIPTION
       **pbput** is a program that can upload text files, binary files or entire directory structures to
       a pastebin, such as pastebin.com.

       **pbget** is a program that be used to retrieve content uploaded to a pastebin by **pbput**.

       **pbputs** operates exactly like **pbput**, except it encrypts the data.  An optional GPG_USER  argu‐
       ment  is  allowed,  which  will sign and encrypt the data to the target user in one's keyring
       (which could be oneself!).  Otherwise, the user is prompted for a  symmetric  passphrase  for
       encrypting the content with [**gpg**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/gpg/1/markdown) before uploading.  **pbget** will automatically prompt the re‐
       ceiving user for the pre-shared passphrase.

       **pbput** and **pbputs** can take its input either on STDIN, or as a FILENAME argument.
         - If STDIN is used, then the receiving user's **pbget** will simply paste the input on STDOUT.
         - If a FILENAME or DIRECTORY is passed as an argument, then  it  is  first  archived  using
       [**tar**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/tar/1/markdown) to preserve the file and directory attributes

       **pbget**  takes  a  URL as its first, mandatory argument.  Optionally, it takes a DIRECTORY as a
       second parameter.  If the incoming data is in fact a file or file structure in a  [**tar**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/tar/1/markdown)  ar‐
       chive, then that data will be extracted in the specified DIRECTORY.  If no DIRECTORY is spec‐
       ified, then a temporary directory is created using [**mktemp**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/mktemp/1/markdown).

       In any case the uploaded/downloaded data is optionally [**tar**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/tar/1/markdown) archived, always  [**lzma**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lzma/1/markdown)  com‐
       pressed,  optionally  [**gpg**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/gpg/1/markdown) encrypted, and always [**base64**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/base64/1/markdown) encoded.  _<http://pastebin.com_> is
       used by default.


## EXAMPLES
         $ pbput /sbin/init
         <http://pastebin.com/BstNzasK>
         $ pbget <http://pastebin.com/BstNzasK>
         sbin/init
         INFO: Output is in [/tmp/pbget.bG67DwY6Zl]

         $ cat /etc/lsb-release | pbput
         <http://pastebin.com/p43gJv6Z>
         $ pbget <http://pastebin.com/p43gJv6Z>
         DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
         DISTRIB_RELEASE=11.04
         DISTRIB_CODENAME=natty
         DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 11.04"

         $ pbputs /etc/shadow
         Enter passphrase:
         <http://pastebin.com/t2ZaCYr3>
         $ pbget <http://pastebin.com/t2ZaCYr3>
         Enter passphrase:
         root:09cc6d2d9d63371a425076e217f77698:15096:0:99999:7:::
         daemon:*:15089:0:99999:7:::
         bin:*:15089:0:99999:7:::
         sys:*:15089:0:99999:7:::
         ....


## SEE ALSO
       [**pastebinit**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pastebinit/1/markdown)**,** [**lzma(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lzma/1/markdown),** [**base64(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/base64/1/markdown),** [**tar(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/tar/1/markdown),** [**gpg(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/gpg/1/markdown),** [**mktemp(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/mktemp/1/markdown)**


## AUTHOR
       This manpage and the utility was written by Dustin Kirkland <<kirkland@ubuntu.com>> for  Ubuntu
       systems (but may be used by others).  Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify
       this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or later published
       by the Free Software Foundation.

       On  Debian  systems,  the  complete  text  of  the GNU General Public License can be found in
       /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL, or on the web at _<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt_>.



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