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gist: Create a private gist with a description.
$ gist --private --description "${A meaningful description}" ${file-txt}
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The command you provided is using the gist command-line tool to create a GitHub Gist. Here is a breakdown of the command:

The command: gist --private --description "${A meaningful description}" ${file-txt}

  • gist: is the command-line tool used to interact with GitHub Gists.
  • --private: specifies that the Gist should be private, meaning it will only be accessible by you or collaborators.
  • --description "${A meaningful description}": sets the description of the Gist. You should replace ${A meaningful description} with an actual description for your Gist.
  • ${file-txt}: represents the file you want to create a Gist for. You need to replace this with the actual filename or path to the file you want to upload as a Gist.

Overall, this command creates a private Gist on GitHub with the provided description and uploads the specified file (file.txt) to it.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.
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