Show HN: Transfer files to mobile device by scanning a QR code from the terminal

Re:Show HN: Transfer files to mobile device by scanning a QR... by jakobegger on Thursday March 22, 2018 @05:46PM (#16653015)

Or even just

    qr-filetransfer <(pbpaste)

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Re:Show HN: Transfer files to mobile device by scanning a QR... by daw___ on Thursday March 22, 2018 @05:50PM (#16653033)

This is not going to work unfortunately, the program expects the arguments to be paths.

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Re:Show HN: Transfer files to mobile device by scanning a QR... by zokier on Thursday March 22, 2018 @06:11PM (#16653179)

<() expands to a path:

    $ echo <(true)
    /dev/fd/63

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Re:Show HN: Transfer files to mobile device by scanning a QR... by daw___ on Friday March 23, 2018 @04:39AM (#16656142)

Ah, you are absolutely right

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