$ ~/bin/tweet "Writing my TechMails"

Successful tweet!

$ ~/bin/tweet Does my tweeter need quotes\?

Successful tweet!

#!/bin/sh

tweet="${@}"

user="username"

pass="sekret"

if [ $(echo "${tweet}" | wc -c) -gt 140 ]; then

echo "FATAL: The tweet is longer than 140 characters!"

exit 1

fi

curl -k -u ${user}:${pass} -d status="${tweet}" https://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml >/dev/null 2>&1

if [ "$?" == "0" ]; then

echo "Successful tweet!"

fi