DESCRIPTION:
A stripped down, command line-centered way to read tweets efficiently.
Combine with unix tools and pipelines to read tweets however you want.
USAGE:
tweetskim [options]
Prints the tweet timeline to stdout, either as plain lines, more readable column or extra-readable single html page.
Use it like any other command line tool: page the output (tweetskim | less), concat it to file (tweetskim > tweets.txt), search for specific stuff (tweetskim | grep conference) and so on.
Default behavior if you don't pass any options: Print out last 10 tweets in your timeline, one on each line.
Options:
-a, --show-all Show all tweets (200max), not just unread tweets
-e, --mentions Show mentions instead of timeline
-i, --inverse-order Inverse/reverse ordered tweets
-h, --help Help page
-m, --mark-all-read Mark everything up to now as read
-n, --last-n-tweets N Show the last N tweets in your timeline
-l, --html-output Output tweets as more readable html file
-v, --version Current version
PREREQUISITES:
You must have some version of Ruby and RubyGems installed first. That's it.
INSTALL:
gem install tweetskim
The program will help you set up OAuth/pincode authentication with Twitter the first time you run it.
TODO:
multiple accounts
handle explicit, different username options
split out authorization in separate, explicit step: tweetskim authorize USER
set tokens per account (if username given)
LICENSE:
(The MIT License)
Copyright (c) 2012 tweetskim
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