gh-gist-view(1)

gh-gist-view1

View a gist

Usage

gh gist view [{<id> | <url>}] [flags]

Overview

View the given gist or select from recent gists.

Options

--allow-escape-sequences

Allow printing terminal escape sequences

-f, --filename <string>

Display a single file from the gist

--files

List file names from the gist

-r, --raw

Print raw instead of rendered gist contents

-w, --web

Open gist in the browser

Exit status

0: Successful execution

1: Error

2: Command canceled

4: Authentication required

NOTE: Specific commands may have additional exit codes. Refer to the command's help for more information.

Releases

3 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 12
  2. 13
  3. Arch

--allow-escape-sequences since Arch Linux 2026-11-01.

From github-cli 2.102.1-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.