# Using the shell function

### Add alias to `.bashrc` or `.zshrc`

Copy and past this function into your `.bashrc` or `.zshrc` file.
Replace `domain.tld` by your transfersh domain

```
transfer(){ if [ $# -eq 0 ];then echo "No arguments specified.\nUsage:\n  transfer <file|directory>\n  ... | transfer <file_name>">&2;return 1;fi;if tty -s;then file="$1";file_name=$(basename "$file");if [ ! -e "$file" ];then echo "$file: No such file or directory">&2;return 1;fi;if [ -d "$file" ];then file_name="$file_name.zip" ,;(cd "$file"&&zip -r -q - .)|curl --progress-bar --upload-file "-" "https://domain.tld/$file_name"|tee /dev/null,;else cat "$file"|curl --progress-bar --upload-file "-" "https://domain.tld/$file_name"|tee /dev/null;fi;else file_name=$1;curl --progress-bar --upload-file "-" "https://domain.tld/$file_name"|tee /dev/null;fi;}
```
Now you can use transfer function

```
$ transfer hello.txt
```


https://github.com/dutchcoders/transfer.sh/blob/main/examples.md