Tweet from linux command-line

Hello there

you should read this post if you’re a Twitter fan

today I read a tutorial about “Tweeting from your Linux Desktop“

sounds interesting huh?!

okay lets figure out how to do that:

Create a bash script file (Example: Twitter.sh) in your home directory

then write this data into it:

#########################################

#!/bin/bash
USERNAME=”your-mail-or-username”
PASSWORD=”your-password”

URL=http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml

result=`curl -u $USERNAME:$PASSWORD -d status=”Hello, i’m Tweeting from my linux command line” $URL`

exit 0

#########################################

you can also use it as a simple command by adding an alias to the “.bash_profile” file in your home directory

lets try it:

modify your script to be like this:

#########################################

#!/bin/bash

USERNAME=”your-mail-or-username”
PASSWORD=”your-password”

URL=http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml

result=`curl -u $USERNAME:$PASSWORD -d status=”$1″ $URL`

exit 0

#########################################

then go to your home directory:

#cd ~

then:

#gedit .bash_profile

and add this line to the file:

alias twitter=’/home/your-username/Twitter.sh’

now you can use this command:

#twitter “Hello all, i’m tweeting from my command line”

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you can find more in the Original post

Have fun