slackcat Command Examples

Utility for passing files and command output to Slack. More information: https://github.com/bcicen/slackcat.

• Post a file to Slack:

slackcat --channel {{channel_name}} {{path/to/file}}

• Post a file to Slack with a custom filename:

slackcat --channel {{channel_name}} --filename={{filename}} {{path/to/file}}

• Pipe command output to Slack as a text snippet:

{{command}} | slackcat --channel {{channel_name}} --filename={{snippet_name}}

• Stream command output to Slack continuously:

{{command}} | slackcat --channel {{channel_name}} --stream