1TWYT(1)                     General Commands Manual                    TWYT(1)
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NAME

6       twyt - Command line twitter client
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SYNOPSIS

9       twyt [options] twyt COMMAND [options] [...]
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DESCRIPTION

12       This manual page documents briefly the twyt command.
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14       twyt  is  a command line Twitter client which allows you to update your
15       Twitter status, retrieve the different timelines  that  Twitter  offers
16       and generally keep up with what your friends are tweeting about.
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18       Use  the --help (or -h) option with any form of the command to get some
19       usage hints and details of accepted options.
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21       Use the --version option with any form of  the  command  to  make  twyt
22       print its version.
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MISC. COMMANDS

25       user [options] (set|unset)
26              allows you to save your account details in twyt's config file so
27              that you don't need to enter your  password  when  running  twyt
28              commands which require authentication. You can set many accounts
29              and then choose one as the default using the -u (or --user)  and
30              -d  (or  --default)  options.  The -l (--list) option makes twyt
31              list your saved accounts.
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33       namecache [options]
34              Access and manipulate the name cache. This can be used  in,  for
35              example, tab completion scripts.
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38              These  commands  retrieve the status of your Twitter rate limit.
39              Although these commands make API requests, they are not affected
40              by  the  rate  limiting. The account limit status is impacted by
41              authenticated actions, such as  tweeting  (tweet),  and  the  ip
42              limit  status  is  affected  by unauthenticated actions, such as
43              retrieving the public timeline (publictl).
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STATUS MESSAGE COMMANDS

46       tweet [options] MESSAGE...
47              sends a tweet to Twitter. In other words it updates your twitter
48              status to MESSAGE.
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50              MESSAGE can also be supplied on stdin, i.e. using pipes or redi‐
51              rection.  In this case, the  MESSAGE  argument  is  ignored  and
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54       sing [options] MESSAGE...
55              Similar  to  `tweet'. Wraps the message in musical notes (silly,
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58       delete [options] ID
59              deletes the status message matching the numerical ID.
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62              shows new status messages (max 20) in the public timeline.
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65              shows new status messages (max 20) in your friends timeline.
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71              lists statuses which are replies to  you  (statuses  with  @you‐
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75              shows a single status message whose id matches ID.
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DIRECT MESSAGE COMMANDS

78       direct [options] RECIPIENT MESSAGE...
79              sends a direct message to RECIPIENT.
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81       directtl [options]
82              shows up to 20 direct messages sent to you.
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85              shows up to 20 direct messages sent by you.
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87       directdel [options] ID
88              deletes a direct message that was sent to you. The directtl com‐
89              mand is handy for finding out IDs.
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AUTHOR

92       twyt is maintained by Andrew Price <andy@andrewprice.me.uk>.
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94       This manual page was written by Andrew Price <andy@andrewprice.me.uk>.
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99twyt 0.9.2                       Apr 10, 2009                          TWYT(1)