https://github.com/mafintosh/blecat

1-1 pipe over bluetooth low energy
https://github.com/mafintosh/blecat

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1-1 pipe over bluetooth low energy

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/mafintosh/blecat
• Owner: mafintosh
• License: mit
• Created: 2015-04-29T14:23:27.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2015-06-15T19:19:37.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-29T11:20:52.564Z (11 days ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 137 KB
• Stars: 95
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 5
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
# blecat

A 1-1 pipe over bluetooth low energy

```

npm install -g blecat

```

## Usage

On one machine with bluetooth enabled run

```

echo hello world | blecat

```

And on another one with bluetooth enabled

```

blecat

```

The second machine should now print out `hello world`.

## Transfer files

You can also transfer files using blecat

To share a file from a machine do

```

blecat < myfile.txt

```

To receive it on another

```

blecat > myfile.txt

```

## Linux

This requires `bluetooth.h` headers in order to build the native component on Linux.

To install on ubuntu, `sudo apt-get install libbluetooth-dev` before `npm install blecat`

## License

[MIT](LICENSE)