Linux

Fileship generates a shell script for Linux that captures a region of the screen (or uploads the files you give it), copies the link and shows a notification.

Install the tools

The script needs curl and file, one screenshot tool and, for the clipboard, wl-clipboard (Wayland) or xclip / xsel (X11). notify-send shows the notification when it is installed.

For example on Ubuntu with GNOME on Wayland:

sudo apt install curl file gnome-screenshot wl-clipboard libnotify-bin

The script uses the first tool it finds, in the order of the table.

Get the script

1. Open Settings → Integrations, set your Upload options and choose Download on the Linux card. You get fileship.sh with your address, upload token and options inside.
2. Make it executable and put it on your PATH:
   sh

   chmod +x ~/Downloads/fileship.sh
   mkdir -p ~/.local/bin
   mv ~/Downloads/fileship.sh ~/.local/bin/fileship
   

Use it

fileship                     # capture a region and upload it
fileship report.pdf a.png    # upload files
fileship --link https://example.com/long   # shorten a link

With files, each is uploaded and the links are copied together, separated by spaces. --link is there when your account can shorten links.

Keyboard shortcut

Bind the command to a key in your desktop's settings:

• GNOME: Settings → Keyboard → View and Customize Shortcuts → Custom Shortcuts, command /home/<you>/.local/bin/fileship.
• KDE Plasma: System Settings → Shortcuts → Add New → Command or Script.
• Sway / Hyprland: bindsym Print exec ~/.local/bin/fileship (Sway) or bind = , Print, exec, ~/.local/bin/fileship (Hyprland).

For Flameshot's own upload button and its GUI, see Flameshot.

Things to know

• The script sends each file in one request; your reverse proxy must accept bodies as large as the file.
• The token is stored in the script in plain text. Keep it private, and download the script again after Regenerate.