bshare

A command line bluetooth file sharing application for Linux.

Installation

• Linux packages required:

  • bluetooth
  • libbluetooth-dev
  • bluez-tools

  Install as:

   $ sudo apt-get install bluetooth libbluetooth-dev bluez-tools
  

• To install bshare, simply,

   $ pip install bshare
  

Usage

• Help command:

   $ bshare -h
  
   usage: bshare.py [-h] [-a address] [-s address] [-d] [-l]
  
   A simple bluetooth file sharer!
  
   optional arguments:
     -h, --help            show this help message and exit
     -a address, --addr address
                           Connect to bluetooth device with specified Bluetooth
                           address.
     -s address, --set address
                           Set default Bluetooth address.
     -d, --default         Shows the default bluetooth address.
     -l, --list            Shows all the added bluetooth devices identified by your
                           device.
  
  

• To list all the added buetooth devices:

   $ bshare -l
  
   Added devices:
   Windows Phone (9C:6C:15:01:EA:41)
   Videocon V1550 (00:67:1B:BA:7F:B2)
  

• To share files with a device by specifying its bluetooth address:

   $ bshare -a F4:F5:24:B2:D9:7D
  

• To set a bluetooth address as default (for quick sharing):

   $ bshare -s F4:F5:24:B2:D9:7D
  
   Default bluetooth address was changed to F4:F5:24:B2:D9:7D
  

  Now, to share files with device having default bluetooth address, simply:

   $ bshare
  

• To show default bluetooth address:

   $ bshare -d
  
   Default bluetooth address: F4:F5:24:B2:D9:7D