How to scan QR-Codes in your terminal

February 3, 2021

Install the zbarimg command line application by running:

sudo apt-get install zbar-tools

Use the program, zbarimg provided by the package to read your QR encoded image

EXAMPLE

from command line:

 zbarimg "image-file-name.jpg"

The above will display what is encoded in the image in the terminal.

IF you would like to generate QR code you can install qrencode from the repositories.

 < input.txt qrencode -s 10 -o test.png

The above will encode the information in the input.txt file in an image file called test.png.

or you can input text from the console with;

qrencode -s 10 -o ubuntu.png http://www.ubuntu.com

The above will generate a QR encoded image called ubuntu.png with the url http://www.ubuntu.com encoded in it.