Thanks! I use this "disposable" web server approach a lot actually, usually by running `python -m http.server` from the directory that contains the file I want

Thanks! I use this "disposable" web server approach a lot actually, usually by running `python -m http.server` from the directory that contains the file I want to transfer, and then `wget`'ing the file from another terminal, or opening it as a stream in VLC if the file is a media.