Python script to split your long tweet into small chunks of 140 characters limit imposed by Twitter

split_tweet.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
import os, sys

max_length = 140

def chunks(l, n):
    for i in range(0, len(l), n):
        yield l[i:i + n]

if __name__ == "__main__":
	if len(sys.argv) == 1:
		print("Please enter the text to split")
	else:
		ss = sys.argv[1]
		print("Total length of tweet is %d chars." % len(ss))
		if len(ss) > 140: 
			max_length -= 5
			ll = list(chunks(ss, max_length))
			for i in range(0,len(ll)):
				print(ll[i] + "(%s/%d)" % (str(i+1)[0],len(ll)))
				print("")
		else:
			print(ss)