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Re:Show HN: Transfer files to mobile device by scanning a QR... by daw___ on Thursday March 22, 2018 @03:15PM (#16651750)
That's an interesting point. Maybe the tool could create a temporary file with the data piped to it.

But for now I think you should stick with:

pbpaste > /tmp/clipboard.txt && qr-filetransfer /tmp/clipboard.txt

Thanks for the idea, I'm tracking it in github.

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Re:Show HN: Transfer files to mobile device by scanning a QR... by throw501 on Thursday March 22, 2018 @03:30PM (#16651900)
hmm. i'd rather not. generally don't want the clipboard going to disk. thanks though.
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Re:Show HN: Transfer files to mobile device by scanning a QR... by JetSpiegel on Thursday March 22, 2018 @05:18PM (#16652787)
Pipe to /dev/shm/filename
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Re:Show HN: Transfer files to mobile device by scanning a QR... by daw___ on Thursday March 22, 2018 @03:33PM (#16651925)
Reasonable
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