Description:
xmppcat 0.1.1
A unix command line program that works like cat but sends its output through XMPP.
Help
usage: xmppcat [-h] [-V] [-c CONFIG] [-H HOST] [-P PORT] [-u USER] [-p PWD]
[-q] [-d] [-v]
recipient [file]
CLI application that works like cat but sends its output through xmpp
positional arguments:
recipient The XMPP jid to send the message to
file The file to read. If not specified it will be read
from STDIN
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-V, --version show program's version number and exit
-c CONFIG, --config CONFIG
Use a different configuration file
-H HOST, --host HOST XMPP host (xmppcat will try to auto detect it with DNS
or JID parsing)
-P PORT, --port PORT XMPP port
-u USER, --user USER XMPP username (JID)
-p PWD, --pass PWD XMPP password
output arguments:
-q, --quiet Suppress any non-error output
-d, --debug Enable debugging output
-v, --verbose Show additional connection informations
Configuration file
The program requires several arguments to be specified in order to be able to connect and authenticate to a XMPP server.
To simplify this process you can save this options in a configuration file, either globally in /etc/xmppcat.conf or locally in $HOME/.xmppcat.conf.
This is an example of a configuration file for xmppcat:
[DEFAULT]
user = myuser@jabber.org/xmppcat
pass = mypassword
host = jabber.org # can be autodetected by dnspython
port = 5222 # also autodetectable
Example usage
echo "Hello world!" | xmppcat recipient@jabber.org
xmppcat recipient@jabber.org file.txt
LICENSE
Copyright (c) 2012 Massimiliano Torromeo
xmppcat is free software released under the terms of the BSD license.
See the LICENSE file provided with the source distribution for full details.
Contacts
Massimiliano Torromeo <massimiliano.torromeo@gmail.com>
License
For personal and professional use. You cannot resell or redistribute these repositories in their original state.
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