A Twitter bot which replies how to refer properly to the computer operating system commonly called Linux.

gnu_police.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
#  
#  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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#  
#
#  Follow @gnu_police (https://twitter.com/gnu_police)

# https://github.com/bear/python-twitter
import twitter

CONSUMER_KEY = ''
CONSUMER_SECRET = ''
ACCESS_TOKEN_KEY = ''
ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET = ''

api = twitter.Api(consumer_key = CONSUMER_KEY,
                  consumer_secret = CONSUMER_SECRET,
                  access_token_key = ACCESS_TOKEN_KEY,
                  access_token_secret = ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET)

statuses = api.GetSearch('Linux')

for status in statuses:
   u = status.GetUser()
   try:
       api.PostUpdate("@%s YOU ACTUALLY MEANT GNU/LINUX!!" % u.GetScreenName(), in_reply_to_status_id = status.GetId())
   except:
       pass

with open(".gnu_police.log", "a") as log_file:
    for status in statuses:
        log_file.write("%s," % status.GetId())