#!/bin/bash
#Filename: tweets.sh
#Description: Basic twitter client

USERNAME="PUT_USERNAME_HERE"
PASSWORD="PUT_PASSWORD_HERE"
COUNT="PUT_NO_OF_TWEETS"


if [[ "$1" != "read" ]] && [[ "$1" != "tweet" ]];
then
	echo -e "Usage: $0 send status_message\n   OR\n      $0 read\n"
	exit -1;
fi

if [[ "$1" = "read" ]];
then
	curl --silent -u $USERNAME:$PASSWORD  http://twitter.com/statuses/friends_timeline.rss | grep title | tail -n +2 | head -n $COUNT | \
  sed 's:.*<title>\([^<]*\).*:\n\1:'

elif [[ "$1" = "tweet" ]];
then
	status=$( echo $@ | tr -d '"' | sed 's/.*tweet //')
	curl --silent -u $USERNAME:$PASSWORD -d status="$status" http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml > /dev/null
	echo 'Tweeted :)' 
fi