Better version of the sprunge command. Its better organized, has better error messages, and the while loop to read from stdin is completely unnecessary, redirecting stdin is more efficient.

plugins/sprunge/sprunge.plugin.zsh

@@ -1,40 +1,10 @@
 # Smart sprunge alias/script.
 #
-# To add the sprunge script to your path, add this to your .zshrc file:
-#
-#   zstyle :omz:plugins:sprunge add-path on
-#
-# Otherwise, a simple alias for sprunge, but only if there isn't a smarter,
-# better one out there in $PATH, will be added.
-
-# zstyle -b :omz:plugins:sprunge add-path _plugin__path
-# if [[ ${_plugin__path} == "on" ]]; then
-  # Plugin setting: Add this plugin directory to the path
-  # export PATH=$PATH:$ZSH/plugins/sprunge
-# elif [[ -z "${commands[sprunge]}" ]]; then
-  # Nope. No `sprunge` command, period. So, dumb/simple alias, here we go!
-  # alias sprunge="curl -F 'sprunge=<-' http://sprunge.us/"
-# fi
-#
 # Contributed and SLIGHTLY modded by Matt Parnell/ilikenwf <parwok -at- gmail>
 # Created by the blogger at the URL below...I don't know where to find his/her name
 # Original found at http://www.shellperson.net/sprunge-pastebin-script/
 
-sprunge () {
+sprunge_usage() {
-  local url syntax
-
-  if [[ -t 0 ]]; then
-    if [[ -n "$*" ]]; then
-      if [[ -f "$*" ]]; then
-        # Use python to attempt to detect the syntax
-        syntax=$(echo "try:
-	from pygments.lexers import get_lexer_for_filename
-	print(get_lexer_for_filename('$*').aliases[0])
-except:
-	print('text')" | python)
-        url=$(curl -s -F 'sprunge=<-' http://sprunge.us < "$*")
-      fi
-    else
   cat << HERE
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -79,27 +49,37 @@ description, it will NOT generate an error, but will instead treat it as
 a text string and upload it.
 
 HERE
+}
+
+sprunge () {
+  local url syntax
+
+  if [[ ! -t 0 ]]; then
+    # We're dumb in this mode. So, dumb syntax highlighting!
+    syntax="text"
+    url=$(curl -s -F 'sprunge=<-' http://sprunge.us <& 0)
+  elif [[ $#argv -eq 0 ]]; then
+    sprunge_usage
+    return 1
+  elif [[ -f $1 ]]; then
+    # Use python to attempt to detect the syntax
+    syntax=$(echo "try:
+	from pygments.lexers import get_lexer_for_filename
+	print(get_lexer_for_filename('$*').aliases[0])
+except:
+	print('text')" | python)
+    url=$(curl -s -F 'sprunge=<-' http://sprunge.us < $1)
+  else
+    echo "$1 isn't a file"
     return 1
   fi
-  else
-    syntax="text" # We're dumb in this mode. So, dumb syntax highlighting!
-    url=$(while read -r line ; do
-      echo $line
-    done | curl -s -F 'sprunge=<-' http://sprunge.us)
-  fi
-
-  local flags
 
   # trim whitespaces and add syntax info
   url=${url//[[:space:]]}
   [[ $syntax != text ]] && url=${url}?${syntax}
 
-  # if stdout is not a tty, suppress trailing newline
-  # XXX: i don't think this is the right thing to do
-  # [[ ! -t 1 ]] && flags='-n'
-
   # output
-  echo $flags $url
+  echo $url
 
   # don't copy to clipboad if piped
   [[ ! -t 1 ]] && return 0
@@ -109,7 +89,7 @@ HERE
     echo -n $url | xclip -sel primary
     echo -n $url | xclip -sel clipboard
   elif (( $+commands[xsel] )); then
-    echo -n $url | xsel -ip #primary
+    echo -n $url | xsel -ip # primary
-    echo -n $url | xsel -ib #clipboard
+    echo -n $url | xsel -ib # clipboard
   fi
 }