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Transfer Files between PC and mobile wireless using QR code

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Sometimes many of us face difficulty to transfer files from PC to mobile or from mobile to PC. It is a very annoying thing to use a cable for transferring a single file like an image or a small pdf. So here comes a small but a great tool used to transfer files over a network.

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To install this in linux follow the below steps

go get github.com/claudiodangelis/qrcp
cd go/qrcp/bin
sudo mv qrcp /usr/local/bin
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/qrcp

To send a file from pc to mobile

qrcp MyDocument.pdf

To receive a file

qrcp receive

scan the code and you will be directed to an upload page.

qrcp demo

qrcp demo

For more details of how to use it and installation in other platforms visit: qrcp

source: Dev Useful Stuff

Additional info: This is an open-source project written in Golang. This project is cloned and build by others in python named qr-filetransfer.