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Generate qrcode of a url and display it in an Edge browser on Windows
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| #!/usr/bin/env bash | |
| # qrc.sh | |
| # Generate qrcode of a url and display it in an Edge browser on Windows | |
| # This script depends on https://github.com/skip2/go-qrcode | |
| # Debug Options | |
| # Toggle the echo variable assignment to either ":" (nop) or "echo" | |
| echo=":" | |
| # echo="echo" | |
| ext="png" | |
| if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]; then | |
| echo 'Usage: qrc "url"' | |
| exit 0 | |
| fi | |
| # If we get here "last" argument should be defined | |
| last=${@: -1} | |
| $echo "Last argument: $last" | |
| # set me to a place suitable on your system | |
| mkdir -p /c/tmp | |
| current_time=$(date "+%Y.%m.%d-%H.%M.%S") | |
| $echo "Current Time: $current_time" | |
| filename="qrc-$current_time.png" | |
| $echo "$filename" | |
| fullpathtofile="/c/tmp/$filename" | |
| $echo "$fullpathtofile" | |
| # Generate the grcode png | |
| qrcode "$last" > $fullpathtofile && start msedge $fullpathtofile && sleep 10 && rm $fullpathtofile | |
| echo "$fullpathtofile has been removed" | |
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