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Created May 17, 2010 19:23
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handy_twitter_api_searches.sh
# Find all tweets containing the term Basecamp that were posted to @37signals
# You don't have to pipe to xpath, I just find it easier for understanding the results :)
curl http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=basecamp+to:37signals | xpath '//title/text()'
# Find all tweets containing the term Basecamp that were NOT posted to @37signals
curl http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=basecamp+-to:37signals | xpath '//title/text()'
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