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