Send a tweet from CLI using Linux.

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
#
# Script by Steven Grove (@sigwo)
#           www.sigwo.com
#
# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
# THE SOFTWARE.

# Configuration variables
TWIT_USER="YOURTWITTERUSERNAME"
TWIT_SECRET="YOURSUPERTWEETPASSWORD"

# 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