diff --git a/.local/share/scripts/nc-create-share.sh b/.local/share/scripts/nc-create-share.sh
new file mode 100755
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+++ b/.local/share/scripts/nc-create-share.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+set -e
+
+# get login cred and endpoint from config script
+source $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nextcloud.config.sh
+# Exported vars from config script
+#NC_ENDPOINT
+#NC_USERNAME
+#NC_PASSWORD
+
+# get input 
+
+if test -n "$1"; then
+    REMOTE_PATH=$1
+elif test ! -t 0; then
+	read -r REMOTE_PATH
+else
+	>&2 echo "Provide a remote file"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# make request
+curl -u "$NC_USERNAME:$NC_PASSWORD" \
+	-s \
+	-H "OCS-APIRequest: true" \
+	-d path="$REMOTE_PATH" \
+	-d shareType=3 \
+	-X POST \
+	"https://$NC_ENDPOINT/ocs/v2.php/apps/files_sharing/api/v1/shares" \
+	| perl -n -e'/<url>(.+)<\/url>/ && print $1'
diff --git a/.local/share/scripts/nc-share-file.sh b/.local/share/scripts/nc-share-file.sh
new file mode 100755
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+++ b/.local/share/scripts/nc-share-file.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+# requires rclone to be setup
+
+set -e
+
+SCRIPT=$(readlink -f "$0")
+SCRIPTPATH=$(dirname "$SCRIPT")
+
+source $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nextcloud.config.sh
+
+if test -n "$1"; then
+    FILE_PATH=$1
+elif test ! -t 0; then
+    read -r FILE_PATH
+else
+    >&2 echo "Provide a file"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+FILENAME=$(basename $FILE_PATH)
+
+rclone copy "$FILE_PATH" "$NC_RCLONE_REMOTE:/$NC_SHARE_DIR"
+
+$SCRIPTPATH/nc-create-share.sh "$NC_SHARE_DIR/$FILENAME"