Easier Commands
Use local file for authentication
Encrypting Files

So you’ve learnt how to use shunt.io but are you having trouble remembering the correct parameters to use? if so bash functions are your friend.

Lets say you want to make it quicker to upload a file. Open your .bashrc file which can be found in your home directory.

Scroll to the end and add

save & exit

Execute the following to reload .bashrc

To upload a file now all you need to do is

easy peasy!

Edit it to suit you needs i.e if you don’t want the progress bar to show. You can create similar functions for list, share and delete. I use function names slist, sshare and sdelete for this.

Use local file for authentication

Another way of parsing your login info is by storing your credentials in a local file.

In your home directory create a file called .netrc

and add the following

save & exit

Now when you need to upload a file you will use the -n switch which uses the authentication credentials from your .netrc file i.e

or use it as part of a bash function as described above.

Encrypting files

I recommend encrypting your files before uploading to shunt here is an example of how to do this

First install the gpg package (do a web search for your os on how to do this)

Next run