'twittershell' is a UNIX/DOS shell like interface written in Python for using Twitter through the command line.

It presents a prompt to the user, who can type in commands for updating the status, getting the list of friends, sending direct messages to friends, etc. It also supports a limited 'script' mode. Passing a file argument to twittershell makes it go into 'script' mode and execute each line in the file as a twittershell command. See the documentation for detailed usage.

ashwin@box:~/twittershell$ ./twsh
twittershell, Copyright (C) 2008 Ashwin Phatak
twittershell comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; type 'copyright' for details.

Welcome to Twitter Shell!
>help

Documented commands (type help <topic>):
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copyright  direct  followers  friends  login  status  tell  timeline  update

Undocumented commands:
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exit  help  quit

>help login
login <username> <password>
>help update
update <status>
Updates your Twitter status.
>help status
status [<count>]
Gets the status updates for your friends.
The <count> argument is optional.
>help timeline
timeline [<user>] [<count>]
Gets the timeline for the given user.
<user> and <count> arguments are both optional.
If no user is specified, the currently logged in user is assumed. The default count is 10.
>help tell
tell <user> <message>
Sends a direct message to your friend.
>help friends
friends
Prints the list of your friends.
>help followers
followers
Prints the list of your followers
>help direct
direct
Prints the direct messages sent to you recently.
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