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.TH TWEET "1" "February 2008" "tweet" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
\fBtweet\fR \- Text-based client for Twitter.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B tweet
[\fIoptions\fR] \fImessage\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
.IP
\fBtweet\fR is a text-based client that allows you to post messages to
Twitter.
.IP
.SH "OPTIONS AND DOCUMENTATION"
.HP
Options:
\fB\-h\fR \fB\-\-help\fR : print this help
\fB\-\-username\fR : the twitter username [optional]
\fB\-\-password\fR : the twitter password [optional]
.IP
.HP
Documentation:
If the \fB\-\-username\fR or \fB\-\-password\fR command line arguments are present they
will be used to authenticate to Twitter.
.IP
If either of the command line flags are not present, the environment
variables TWEETUSERNAME and TWEETPASSWORD will then be checked for your
username or password, respectively.
.IP
If neither the command line flags nor the enviroment variables are
present, the .tweetrc file, if it exists, can be used to set the
default username and password. The file should contain the
following three lines, replacing *username* with your username, and
*possword* with your password:
.IP
A skeletal .tweetrc file:
.IP
[Tweet]
username: *username*
password: *password*
.IP
.SH "SEE ALSO"
<http://code.google.com/p/python-twitter/>
<http://www.twitter.com>
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