Virus check a file using the command line and VirusTotal. Append to .bashrc or .bash_profile depending on your system

transfercheck.sh

transfercheck() {
  if [ $# -eq 0 ];
  then echo -e "No arguments specified. Usage:\n transfercheck /tmp/test.md\ncat /tmp/test.md | transfercheck test.md";
  return 1;
  fi
  # write to output to tmpfile for progress bar
  tmpfile=$( mktemp -t transferXXX)
  if tty -s;
  then basefile=$(basename "$1" | sed -e 's/[^a-zA-Z0-9._-]/-/g');
  curl -X PUT --progress-bar --upload-file $1 https://transfer.sh/$basefile/virustotal >> $tmpfile;
  else curl -X PUT --progress-bar --upload-file "-" "https://transfer.sh/$1/virustotal" >> $tmpfile ;
  fi
  cat $tmpfile;
  rm -f $tmpfile;
}
alias transfercheck=transfercheck


# Example usage:
# $ transfercheck suspicious.pdf