diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md
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+# Deno Example Programs
+
+These files are accessible for import via "https://deno.land/x/examples/".
+
+Try it:
+```
+> deno https://deno.land/x/examples/gist.ts README.md
+```
+
+## Alias Based Installation
+
+Add this to your `.bash_profile`
+```
+export GIST_TOKEN=ABC # Generate at https://github.com/settings/tokens
+alias gist="deno https://deno.land/x/examples/gist.ts --allow-net --allow-env"
+```
diff --git a/examples/cat.ts b/examples/cat.ts
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+++ b/examples/cat.ts
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+import * as deno from "deno";
+
+async function cat(filenames: string[]): Promise<void> {
+  for (let filename of filenames) {
+    let file = await deno.open(filename);
+    await deno.copy(deno.stdout, file);
+    file.close();
+  }
+}
+
+cat(deno.args.slice(1));
diff --git a/examples/echo_server.ts b/examples/echo_server.ts
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+++ b/examples/echo_server.ts
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+import { listen, copy } from "deno";
+
+(async () => {
+  const addr = "0.0.0.0:8080";
+  const listener = listen("tcp", addr);
+  console.log("listening on", addr);
+  while (true) {
+    const conn = await listener.accept();
+    copy(conn, conn);
+  }
+})();
diff --git a/examples/gist.ts b/examples/gist.ts
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+#!/usr/bin/env deno --allow-net --allow-env
+
+import { args, env, exit, readFile } from "deno";
+import parseArgs from "https://deno.land/x/parseargs/index.ts";
+
+function pathBase(p: string): string {
+  const parts = p.split("/");
+  return parts[parts.length - 1];
+}
+
+async function main() {
+  const token = env()["GIST_TOKEN"];
+  if (!token) {
+    console.error("GIST_TOKEN environmental variable not set.");
+    console.error("Get a token here: https://github.com/settings/tokens");
+    exit(1);
+  }
+
+  const parsedArgs = parseArgs(args.slice(1));
+
+  if (parsedArgs._.length === 0) {
+    console.error(
+      "Usage: gist.ts --allow-env --allow-net [-t|--title Example] some_file [next_file]"
+    );
+    exit(1);
+  }
+
+  const files = {};
+  for (const filename of parsedArgs._) {
+    const base = pathBase(filename);
+    const content = await readFile(filename);
+    const contentStr = new TextDecoder().decode(content);
+    files[base] = { content: contentStr };
+  }
+
+  const content = {
+    description: parsedArgs.title || parsedArgs.t || "Example",
+    public: false,
+    files: files
+  };
+  const body = JSON.stringify(content);
+
+  const res = await fetch("https://api.github.com/gists", {
+    method: "POST",
+    headers: [
+      ["Content-Type", "application/json"],
+      ["User-Agent", "Deno-Gist"],
+      ["Authorization", "token " + token]
+    ],
+    body
+  });
+
+  if (res.ok) {
+    let resObj = await res.json();
+    console.log("Success");
+    console.log(resObj["html_url"]);
+  } else {
+    let err = await res.text();
+    console.error("Failure to POST", err);
+  }
+}
+
+main();
diff --git a/examples/test.ts b/examples/test.ts
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+++ b/examples/test.ts
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+import { run } from "deno";
+import { test, assertEqual } from "https://deno.land/x/testing/testing.ts";
+
+/** Example of how to do basic tests */
+test(function t1() {
+  assertEqual("hello", "hello");
+});
+
+test(function t2() {
+  assertEqual("world", "world");
+});
+
+/** A more complicated test that runs a subprocess. */
+test(async function catSmoke() {
+  const p = run({
+    args: ["deno", "examples/cat.ts", "README.md"]
+  });
+  const s = await p.status();
+  assertEqual(s.code, 0);
+});
diff --git a/test.ts b/test.ts
index 94534825da..703ce639d6 100755
--- a/test.ts
+++ b/test.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import "flags/test.ts";
 import "net/bufio_test.ts";
 import "net/http_test.ts";
 import "net/textproto_test.ts";
+import "examples/test.ts";
 import { runTests, completePromise } from "net/file_server_test.ts";
 
 // logging tests