#!/bin/bash
# Used to post to twitter via command line.
# Version 1.0
#
# Installation:
# 	chmod +x tw.bash
# 	ln tw.bash ~/bin/tw 	# for local install
# 	cp tw.bash /bin/tw		# for system install

CURL=/usr/bin/curl
USERNAME="username"
PASSWORD="password"

# check if curl is installed
if [[ ! -x $CURL ]];
then
	echo 
    echo 'ERROR: curl is missing'
	exit 1
elif [[ $(echo "$@" | tr -d ' ') == "" ]];
then
	echo 
	echo 'ERROR: No input... wtf?'
	echo "usage: tw \"message goes here...\""
	exit 2
elif [[ $(echo "$@" | wc -m) > 140 ]];
then
	echo 
	echo "ERROR: Your input was greater than 140 characters"
	exit 3
else
	$CURL -s --basic --user "$USERNAME:$PASSWORD" --data-ascii "status=`echo $@|tr ' ' '+'`" "http://twitter.com/statuses/update.json" 
	exit 0
fi