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Problem

How to use the ipfs command: Inter Planetary File System. A peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol. Aims to make the web more open. More information: <https://docs.ipfs.tech/reference/kubo/cli/>.

Solution

ipfs — Inter Planetary File System. A peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol. Aims to make the web more open. More information: <https://docs.ipfs.tech/reference/kubo/cli/>.

Add a file from local to the filesystem, pin it, and print the relative hash:

ipfs add {{path/to/file}}

Add a directory and its files recursively from local to the filesystem and print the relative hash:

ipfs add {{[-r|--recursive]}} {{path/to/directory}}

Save a remote file and give it a name but not pin it:

ipfs get {{hash}} {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/file}}

Pin a remote file locally:

ipfs pin add {{hash}}

Display pinned files:

ipfs pin ls

Unpin a file from the local storage:

ipfs pin rm {{hash}}

Remove unpinned files from local storage:

ipfs repo gc

Code Snippets

Add a file from local to the filesystem, pin it, and print the relative hash

ipfs add {{path/to/file}}

Add a directory and its files recursively from local to the filesystem and print the relative hash

ipfs add {{[-r|--recursive]}} {{path/to/directory}}

Save a remote file and give it a name but not pin it

ipfs get {{hash}} {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/file}}

Pin a remote file locally

ipfs pin add {{hash}}

Display pinned files

ipfs pin ls

Context

tldr-pages: common/ipfs

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