Linux Ubuntu Airpaste File Sharing Quick Start
Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install and Getting-Stared with Airpaste Easy File/Content Sharing and Streaming from Command Line on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr LTS i386/amd64 GNU+Linux Generic Network.
Airpaste is a 1-1 Network Pipe that Auto Discovers other Peers using mdns.
Finally, Airpast is a Cross Platform Sharing Tool so that you can freely Sharing between Linux, Windows and macOS Computers.
Because it’s enough that all the Sharing Machines on Network have Installed by NPM a Running Airpaste Copy.
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Open a Shell Terminal Emulator Session
Ctrl+Alt+t on Desktop
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)
In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
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How to Install the Latest Node.js on Ubuntu Linux
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Installing Airpaste by npm
sudo npm -g install airpaste
If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo
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To Sharing Files on Network by Airpaste.
On the Sending computer do:
airpaste < my.file
On the Receiving terminal run:
airpaste > my.file
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To Sharing & Streaming Content on the Pipe.
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Sharing Text Content.
Sending:
echo hello world | airpaste
Receiving:
airpaste
Optionally to Filter Receivers you can also Name the Pipe as an airpaste Argument like "airpaste myPipe."
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Streaming Media File.
Sending:
airpaste < movie.mp4
Streaming:
airpaste | mplayer -
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