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I'd like to send files to my phone via bluetooth using a bash script or something similar. The ussp-push utility works, but I find it is much slower than the "Send To" option in gnome. Is there a way to use gnome's bluetooth functionality from a shell scirpt?

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bluetooth-sendto --device=12:34:56:78:9A:BC filename works for me. "12:34:56:78:9A:BC" is the Bluetooth device address (bdaddr) of the device. You can get the bdaddr with hcitool scan.

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Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for. – Ralf May 8 '11 at 9:08
Note that the bluetooth-sendto command opens a dialog which shows the progress of the file transfer, so it cannot be used from a headless display. However, it is perfect for my use case. – Ralf May 9 '11 at 14:05

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