bluetooth-sendto

Send files over Bluetooth via a graphical dialog

TLDR

Open file transfer dialog to select device and files

$ bluetooth-sendto

Send a file to a specific Bluetooth device

$ bluetooth-sendto --device=[XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX] [path/to/file]

Send a file to a device with a specified name

$ bluetooth-sendto --device=[XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX] --name="[Device Name]" [path/to/file]

Send multiple files to a device

$ bluetooth-sendto --device=[XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX] [file1] [file2] [file3]

SYNOPSIS

bluetooth-sendto [--device=XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX] [--name=NAME] [file...]

bluetooth-sendto is a GTK application for transferring files over Bluetooth. It is part of the gnome-bluetooth package and provides a graphical dialog for selecting devices and files to transfer.When run without arguments, it displays a file chooser and device selection dialog. When a device address is specified, it connects directly to that device. Multiple files can be sent in a single operation.

PARAMETERS

--device=XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX

Specify the Bluetooth MAC address of the target device. If omitted, a device chooser dialog is displayed

--name=NAME

Specify the device name. If omitted, the name is auto-detected from the device address

file...

One or more files to send. If omitted, a file chooser dialog is displayed

INSTALL

sudo apt install gnome-bluetooth-sendto

sudo dnf install gnome-bluetooth

sudo apk add gnome-bluetooth

sudo zypper install gnome-bluetooth

nix profile install nixpkgs#gnome-bluetooth

CAVEATS

Requires Bluetooth to be enabled and the target device to be paired and within range. The receiving device must accept the incoming file transfer request. Part of the GNOME Bluetooth stack, so a GTK environment is required.

RESOURCES

Source code · Documentation