transfer.sh

# so that Ctrl-V works
alias xclip='xclip -selection c'

# this is from transfer.sh website, with small adjustment near the end 
transfer() {
    if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
        echo "No arguments specified. Usage:\necho transfer /tmp/test.md\ncat /tmp/test.md | transfer test.md";
        return 1;
    fi

    tmpfile=$( mktemp -t transferXXX );
    if tty -s; then
        basefile=$(basename "$1" | sed -e 's/[^a-zA-Z0-9._-]/-/g');
        curl --progress-bar --upload-file "$1" "https://transfer.sh/$basefile" >> $tmpfile;
        else curl --progress-bar --upload-file "-" "https://transfer.sh/$1" >> $tmpfile ;
    fi;

    cat $tmpfile;

    # this will do the job, the above command and this one can probably be one
    cat $tmpfile | xclip;

    rm -f $tmpfile;
}