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https://github.com/mafintosh/airpaste

A 1-1 network pipe that auto discovers other peers using mdns
https://github.com/mafintosh/airpaste

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A 1-1 network pipe that auto discovers other peers using mdns

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# airpaste



A 1-1 network pipe that auto discovers other peers using mdns



```

npm install -g airpaste

```



## Usage



On one machine run



```

echo hello world | airpaste

```



On another one run



```

airpaste

```



If the two machines are on the same network the second one will now print `hello world`.

Optionally you can provide an pipe name as the second argument



```

echo only streams to test | airpaste test

```



That way the output only gets send to another user doing `airpaste test`



## Sharing files



You can use airpaste to share files across the network by piping them to/from airpaste



On one machine do



```

airpaste < my.file

```



On another



```

airpaste > my.file

```



Since airpaste just outputs to stdout you can also do stuff like piping movies/music to mplayer (or any other program that supports streaming to stdin)



On one machine



```

airpaste | mplayer -

```



On another



```

airpaste < movie.mp4

```



## API



You can also use this module from node



``` js

var airpaste = require('airpaste')

var stream = airpaste()



process.stdin.pipe(stream).pipe(process.stdout)

```



Optionally you can pass a namespace to `airpaste()`



## Security Note



Data moves over the network without encryption and could be captured. Only intended for use on trusted networks.



## License



MIT