Saved this on my PATH as shrink_url…
#!/bin/sh curl "http://is.gd/api.php?longurl=$(echo $@ | sed 's/\ /+/g')"
Which lets me do this:
$ shrink_url http://current.com/items/90029658_death-star-destroys-enterprise.htm http://is.gd/xHYe
Pipe to clipboard and you’re ready to paste into a browser. I suppose I could also enclose the result in a $() call to my favorite command line Twitter client, but I’m not feeling that fancy yet.
$ shrink_url http://current.com/items/90029658_death-star-destroys-enterprise.htm | cb $ cb http://is.gd/xHYe