#!/bin/bash

# Takes some text from stdin and use the pastebin service ix.io to
# generate a link. The link is then printed to stdout and automatically
# copied to the clipboard.
# N.B. `head -c-1` removes the trailing newline from the output of the
# `curl` command, because newlines in the clipboard are usually
# annoying.
cat - | curl -sF 'f:1=<-' ix.io | head -c-1 | xclip -f -i -selection clipboard && echo