Bash Script Using wget to Update Twitter http://mikequentelsoftware.blogspot.ca/2009/11/bash-script-using-wget-for-twitter.html

bwtu.sh

#!/bin/bash

# BWTU (Bash-Wget-Twitter-Updater)

# DATE AND TIME.
CURRENT_DATE=$(date "+%A %Y%m%d %H:%M:%S")
UTC_DATE=$(date -u "+%A %Y%m%d %H:%M:%S")

# CD TO /var/tmp
cd /var/tmp

# READ IN LOGIN INFO.
echo -n "username: "
read -e USER
echo -n "password: "
stty -echo
read -e PASSWD
stty echo
echo 

# WHILE LOOP -- CTRL+C TO BREAK.
echo "Enter ctrl+c to exit..."

while true; do

  # READ IN STATUS COMMENT.
  echo 
  echo -n "Enter status update to Twitter: "
  read -e STATUS

  # DO wget OF STATUS UPDATE TO TWITTER.
  wget -O /dev/null -o /dev/null --http-user=$USER \
  --http-password=$PASSWD --post-data "status=$STATUS \
  -- $UTC_DATE UTC /  $CURRENT_DATE LOCAL" \
  http://twitter.com:80/statuses/update.xml

done