Easy file sharing from the command line

# Upload using cURL
$ curl --upload-file ./hello.txt https://transfer.sh/hello.txt https://transfer.sh/66nb8/hello.txt

# Create an alias
$ transfer hello.txt
##################################################### 100.0% https://transfer.sh/eibhM/hello.txt

# Upload from web
Drag your files here, or click to browse.

# Download all your files

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Share files with a URL

Upload up to 5 GB

Files stored for 14 days

For free

Encrypt your files

Sample use cases

How to upload

# Uploading is easy using curl
$ curl --upload-file ./hello.txt https://transfer.sh/hello.txt

# Download the file
$ curl --upload-file ./hello.txt https://transfer.sh/hello.txt

Create an alias and add it to .bashrc

# Add this to .bashrc or it equivalent
transfer() { # write to output to tmpfile because of progress bar tmpfile=$( mktemp -t transferXXX ) curl --progress-bar --upload-file $1 https://transfer.sh/$(basename $1) >> $tmpfile; cat $tmpfile; rm -f $tmpfile; }

# Now you can use transfer command
$ transfer hello.txt
More examples

Upload multiple files at once


$ curl -i -F filedata=@/tmp/hello.txt -F filedata=@/tmp/hello2.txt https://transfer.sh/

# Combining downloads as zip or tar archive
$ curl https://transfer.sh/(15HKz/hello.txt,15HKz/hello.txt).tar.gz
$ curl https://transfer.sh/(15HKz/hello.txt,15HKz/hello.txt).zip

Encrypt your files before the transfer

# Encrypt files with password using gpk
$ cat /tmp/hello.txt|gpg -ac -o-|curl -X PUT --upload-file "-" https://transfer.sh/test.txt

# Encrypt and upload
$ curl https://transfer.sh/1lDau/test.txt|gpg -o- > /tmp/hello.txt

Scan for malware

# Scan for malware or viruses using Clamav
wget http://www.eicar.org/download/eicar.com
curl -X PUT --upload-file ./eicar.com https://transfer.sh/eicar.com/scan

# Upload malware to VirusTotal, get a permalink in return
curl -X PUT --upload-file nhgbhhj https://transfer.sh/test.txt/virustotal

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