Turn clipboard content into a QR code #osx #pbpaste #qrencode #pbqropen #clipboard #crcode #shortcut #automator #shell

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Add a new automator script, choose type: Service

Choose input: none

Tell it to run a shell script:

# Path to where you saved pbqropen
$HOME/.bin/pbqropen

Save your service

Open system settings > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Services

Choose something like Cmd+Shift+8

Done!

pbqropen.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# @author gist.github.com/scmx

filename=/tmp/pbqropen-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M).png

# Save QR image to /tmp
pbpaste | /usr/local/bin/qrencode -o $filename

# Open up the QR image with Preview.app
open $filename

# Optionally remove the file immediately
rm $filename