#!/bin/sh

##################################################################
##Script Name: TWEET.SH
##Description: To tweet from Linux Command Line
##Author: Animesh Kumar (itsAnimesh)
##Version: 1.0.0
##Author URL: http://itsAnimesh.com/
##Contact Author: mail@itsanimesh.com

##This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
##modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
##as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
##of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

##This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
##but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
##MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
##GNU General Public License for more details.

##You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
##along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
##Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.

##The full copy of the GNU General Public License is available here: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt
##################################################################


############EDIT THE FOLLOWING LINES...###########################
user="USERNAME"
pass="PASSWORD"
##################################################################

######################DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS######################
tweet="${@}"

if [ $(echo "${tweet}" | wc -c) -gt 140 ]; then
    echo "FATAL: The tweet is longer than 140 characters!"
    exit 1
fi

curl -k -u ${user}:${pass} -d status="${tweet}" https://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml >/dev/null 2>&1

if [ "$?" == "0" ]; then
    echo "Successful tweet!"
fi