pbca · the pastebin.ca CLI

The CLI ships as `pbca`. The previous name `pb` is retained as an alias on existing install scripts for one release cycle.

one-line install (macOS / Linux)

curl -fsSL https://pastebin.ca/cli/install.sh | sh

The script auto-detects your OS and architecture, downloads the matching binary, and installs to /usr/local/bin/pbca (override with PBCA_INSTALL_PREFIX). After install, run pbca login to authorize this device.

platform binaries

Verify with sha256sum against the listed digest.

common commands

pbca login                  # device-code auth in browser
pbca paste --expires-in 1d  # pipe stdin to create a paste
pbca get <id>               # fetch (uses local store for ?s= tokens)
pbca account pastes         # list server-side pastes for your account
pbca account api-key list
pbca account api-key create --label "ci runner"
pbca inbox                  # recipient-encrypted inbox

windows install

Download pbca-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu.exe from the table above, rename to pbca.exe, and place it on your PATH (for example in %USERPROFILE%\bin).