You can do it locally with qrencode[1], which is available via MacPorts and Homebrew. It would probably simplify the script, too (especially if converted to bas

You can do it locally with qrencode[1], which is available via MacPorts and Homebrew. It would probably simplify the script, too (especially if converted to bash). On an X11 environment, I can select some text and get the same results on the command line with something like: xsel | qrencode -o - | feh -FZ None of these commands are standard on any distribution, but you can easily install them or use alternatives. You can also make this an alias, hotkey, etc. [1] http://fukuchi.org/works/qrencode/ http://fukuchi.org/works/qrencode/ Edit: No need for temporary file