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Bash tweet
#! /bin/bash
# tweet
#
# This script sends tweets
# Use:
# tweet "String to be tweeted"
# Special characters may not be used if your string is not delimited by quotes
#
# Author: San Bergmans
# www.sbprojects.com
#
# Configuration variables
TWIT_USER=""
TWIT_SECRET=""
# Other variables
TWIT_URL="http://api.supertweet.net/1.1/statuses/update.json"
TWEET=$(echo "$*"|cut -c -140)
curl -u $TWIT_USER:$TWIT_SECRET -d "status=$TWEET" $TWIT_URL -s > /dev/null
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