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Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
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.\" Title: bti
.\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section]
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.\" Date: May 2008
.\" Manual: bti
.\" Source: bti
.\" Language: English
.\"
.TH "BTI" "1" "May 2008" "bti" "bti"
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.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE *
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.SH "Name"
bti \- send a tweet to twitter\&.com or identi\&.ca (or any custom laconi\&.ca installation) from the command line
.SH "Synopsis"
.fam C
.SH "NAME"
bti \- send a tweet to twitter\&.com or identi\&.ca from the command line
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBbti\fR\ 'u
\fBbti\fR [\fB\-\-account\ account\fR] [\fB\-\-password\ password\fR] [\fB\-\-action\ action\fR] [\fB\-\-user\ screenname\fR] [\fB\-\-host\ HOST_NAME\fR] [\fB\-\-proxy\ PROXY:PORT\fR] [\fB\-\-logfile\ LOGFILE\fR] [\fB\-\-page\ PAGENUMBER\fR] [\fB\-\-bash\fR] [\fB\-\-shrink\-urls\fR] [\fB\-\-debug\fR] [\fB\-\-dry\-run\fR] [\fB\-\-verbose\fR] [\fB\-\-version\fR] [\fB\-\-help\fR]
.fam
\fBbti\fR [\fB\-\-account\ account\fR] [\fB\-\-password\ password\fR] [\fB\-\-action\ action\fR] [\fB\-\-user\ screenname\fR] [\fB\-\-host\ HOST_NAME\fR] [\fB\-\-proxy\ PROXY:PORT\fR] [\fB\-\-logfile\ LOGFILE\fR] [\fB\-\-page\ PAGENUMBER\fR] [\fB\-\-bash\fR] [\fB\-\-shrink\-urls\fR] [\fB\-\-debug\fR] [\fB\-\-dry\-run\fR] [\fB\-\-verbose\fR] [\fB\-\-version\fR] [\fB\-\-help\fR]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
bti sends a tweet message to twitter\&.com or identi\&.ca\&.
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.PP
\fB\-\-action action\fR
.RS 4
Specify the action which you want to perform\&. Valid options are "update" to send a message, "friends" to see your friends timeline, "public" to track public timeline, "replies" to see replies to your messages and "user" to see a specific user\'s timeline\&.
Specify the action which you want to perform\&. Valid options are "update" to send a message, "friends" to see your friends timeline, "public" to track public timeline, "replies" to see replies to your messages and "user" to see a specific user\'s timeline\&. Default is "update"\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-user screenname\fR
.RS 4
Specify the user you want to see his/her messages while the action is "user"\&.
.sp
If no screenname is specified, the default is account name\&.
Specify the user whose messages you want to see when the action is "user"\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-host HOST_NAME\fR
.RS 4
Specify the host which you want to send your message to\&. Valid options are "twitter" to send to twitter\&.com and "identica" to send to identi\&.ca\&.
.sp
If you want to send the message to a custom laconi\&.ca installation, you should specify the API URI\&. For example identi\&.ca\'s URI is: https://identi\&.ca/api/statuses\&.
Specify the host which you want to send your message to\&. Valid options are "twitter" to send to twitter\&.com and "identica" to send to identi\&.ca\&. If you want to send the message to a custom laconi\&.ca installation, you should specify the API URI\&. For example identi\&.ca\'s URI is: https://identi\&.ca/api/statuses
.sp
If no host is specified, the default is to send to twitter\&.com\&.
.RE
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.PP
bti provides an easy way to send tweet messages direct from the command line or any script\&. It reads the message on standard input and uses the account and password settings either from the command line options, or from a config file, to send the message out\&.
.PP
It\'s primary focus is to allow you to log everything that you type into a bash shell, in a crazy, "this is what I\'m doing right now!" type of way, letting the world follow along with you constant moving between directories and refreshing your email queue to see if there\'s anything interesting going on\&.
Its primary focus is to allow you to log everything that you type into a bash shell, in a crazy, "this is what I\'m doing right now!" type of way, letting the world follow along with you constant moving between directories and refreshing your email queue to see if there\'s anything interesting going on\&.
.PP
To hook bti up to your bash shell, export the following variable:
.PP

\FC PROMPT_COMMAND=\'history 1 | sed \-e "s/^\es*[0\-9]*\es*//" | bti \-\-bash\'\F[]
PROMPT_COMMAND=\'history 1 | sed \-e "s/^\es*[0\-9]*\es*//" | bti \-\-bash\'
.PP
This example assumes that you have the
\FC~/\&.bti\F[]
~/\&.bti
set up with your account and password information already in it, otherwise you can specify them as an option\&.
.SH "CONFIGURATION"
.PP
The account and password can be stored in a configuration file in the users home directory in a file named
\FC\&.bti\F[]
The structure of this file is as follows:
\&.bti\&. The structure of this file is as follows:
.PP
\fBaccount\fR
.RS 4
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The twitter\&.com or identi\&.ca password for the account you wish to use to send this message with\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBaction action\fR
\fB\-\-action action\fR
.RS 4
Specify the action which you want to perform\&. Valid options are "update" to send a message, "friends" to see your friends timeline, "public" to track public timeline, "replies" to see replies to your messages and "user" to see a specific user\'s timeline\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBuser screenname\fR
\fB\-\-user screenname\fR
.RS 4
Specify the user you want to see his/her messages while the action is "user"\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBhost\fR
.RS 4
The host you want to use to send the message to\&. Valid options are either "twitter" or "identica" to send to twitter\&.com or identi\&.ca respectively\&.
.sp
If you want to send the message to a custom laconi\&.ca installation, you should specify the API URI\&. For example identi\&.ca\'s URI is: https://identi\&.ca/api/statuses\&.
The host you want to use to send the message to\&. Valid options are either "twitter" or "identica" to send to twitter\&.com or identi\&.ca respectively\&. If you want to send the message to a custom laconi\&.ca installation, you should specify the API URI\&. For example identi\&.ca\'s URI is: https://identi\&.ca/api/statuses\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBproxy\fR
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.PP
\fBverbose\fR
.RS 4
Setting this variable to \'true\' or \'yes\' will enable the Verbose mode\&.
Setting this variable to \'true\' or \'yes\' will enable the verbose mode\&.
.RE
.PP
There is an example config file called
\FCbti\&.example\F[]
bti\&.example
in the source tree that shows the structure of the file if you need an example to work off of\&.
.PP
Configuration options have the following priority:
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For example, command line options always override any config file option, or any environment variables\&.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
Written by Greg Kroah\-Hartman
<\FCgreg@kroah\&.com\F[]> and Amir Mohammad Saied
<\FCamirsaied@gmail\&.com\F[]>\&.
Written by Greg Kroah\-Hartman <greg@kroah\&.com> and Amir Mohammad Saied <amirsaied@gmail\&.com>\&.

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