#!/bin/bash
# Based in part on article found at http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-friendfeed/index.html

maxitems=5
user=yourusername
pass=secretpassword
puburl="http://stream.tllts.org/identica/api/statuses/public_timeline.xml"
posturl="http://stream.tllts.org/identica/api/statuses/update.xml"

function readpub()
	{
	clear
	curl -s $puburl > /tmp/tweet.tmp
	count=0
	echo "-------------------------------------------"
	while read line
		do
		if $(echo "${line}" | grep -q "text>")
			then
		echo "${line}" | sed 's/<text>//g' | sed 's/<\/text>//g'
		fi

		if $(echo "${line}" | grep -q "created_at>")
			then
		echo -n "${line}" | sed 's/<created_at>/  @: /g' | sed 's/<\/created_at>//g'
		fi

		if $(echo "${line}" | grep -q "screen_name>")
			then
		echo "${line}" | sed 's/<screen_name>/ by: /g' | sed 's/<\/screen_name>//g'
		fi

		if $(echo "${line}" | grep -q "</status>")
			then
			echo "-------------------------------------------"
			count=$((count + 1))
			if [ $count -eq $maxitems ]
				then
				break
			fi
		fi
		done < /tmp/tweet.tmp
	}

function postmsg()
	{
	curl -s -u ${user}:${pass} -d status="$msg" ${posturl} 2>&1>/dev/null
	}


getopts "rp:" flag
case "${flag}" in
	r) readpub ;;
	p) msg=${OPTARG}; postmsg; readpub ;;
esac