spaceship

Python terminal utility for chat and streaming files across two Linux machines on the same network.

Heavily inspired from airpaste.

##Installation

To install the latest stable release with pip

$ pip install spaceship

You can also install the development version (may have bugs):

$ pip install git+git://github.com/antoan-angelov/spaceship.git#egg=spaceship

##How to use

You must have two Linux machines running on the same network.

On the first one run:

$ echo "omg spaceship!" | spaceship

On the second one run:

$ spaceship

This way the two machines pair and the second one receives omg spaceship!

You can also name the channel like so:

$ echo "omg named channel!" | spaceship --channel Enterprise

That way, another machine can only receive data if it runs spaceship with the same channel name:

$ spaceship --channel Enterprise

##File streaming

The above example barely scratched the surface.

Let's say you want to send an image from machine 1 to machine 2.

On machine 1 run:

$ spaceship < image.png

And on machine 2:

$ spaceship | display

That way the image will be sent from machine 1 straight to display on machine 2. This can be achieved with any program that supports streaming to stdin.

##Chat Two machines can also send messages to each other.

Both machines must either run:

$ spaceship --chat

or with a named channel:

$ spaceship --chat --channel Spock

When one of the machines writes a message, it gets sent to the other machine.

##License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2015 Antoan Angelov

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