gist:tldr:a986f
gist: Create a private gist with a description.
$ gist --private --description "${A meaningful description}" ${file-txt}
try on your machine
The command you provided is using the gist
command-line tool to create a GitHub Gist. Here is a breakdown of the command:
The command: gist --private --description "${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.