TWITTER STATUS UPDATE

#!/bin/bash

#Creator: REMOVED

#Date: 22MAR10

#Purpose: System Messages are sent to Private Twitter Account

#Notes: It's important that you chmod x-r-w- this file.

 

YOURACCOUNT=""

YOURPASS=""

 

#VALIDATES MESSAGE LENGTH

SIZELIMIT="$(cat /tmp/twittermsg |wc -m)"

if [[ ${SIZELIMIT} > 140 ]]; then

echo -e "\033[31;10;1mYour message is too long!!\033[m"

echo ""

echo -en "\033[31;10;1mHere is what would be uploaded to Twitter :\033[m "; cat /tmp/twittermsg |cut -c 1-140

exit

 

elif [[ ${SIZELIMIT} < 140 ]]; then

#SENDS YOUR MESSAGE TO TWITTER

MESSAGE="$(cat /tmp/twittermsg)"

curl -u ${YOURACCOUNT}:${YOURPASS} -d status="${MESSAGE}" http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml

 

#EMPTY THE CONTENTS OF MESSAGE FILE AFTER SUCCESSFUL UPDATE

echo "" > /tmp/twittermsg

 

fi