[JDEV] Command Line Interface

[DJ Adams]

On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 10:39:59AM -0400, Bob  Bingham wrote:
> Is it possible to send a message to a online user via command line?  For
> example
> #echo "This is the message" | sendito jabber.mylocalserver.com
> This would be sent from another (unix) system on the LAN.  It could also be
> a script on this other system rather than command line.  It would also be a
> one-way conversation with no reply expected, jsut a pop up message.

Sure. Just write a simple script to do this - shouldn't be much work.
FWIW, I wrote a 'wall' style script[1] a while ago; a bit out of date but
you might get a picture from it.

Cheers
dj

[1] http://www.pipetree.com/jabber/jann.html