Sending TEXT messages to cell phone (SMS)
I worked a solution for a TEXT pageing program to send TEXT messages to a SPRINTPCS service.
Thought I would share it to see if there are others.
Lets work to provide others. Want to contibute?
I worked a solution for a TEXT pageing program to send TEXT messages to a SPRINTPCS service.
Thought I would share it to see if there are others.
Code:
#!/bin/sh
# pager.sh
# Al Smith 08.01.2004
# SPRINT SMS paging program
# Requires wget
# Required arguments are Company PagerNumber Message
FILE=pager.html
clear
if [ -z $1 ] || [ -z $2 ] || [ -z $3 ]
then
echo "usage: pager.sh CO PIN your message."
echo " ex: pager.sh A ########## this is my message."
exit
fi
CO=$1
PAGER=$2
MSG=`echo [email protected] |cut -d" " -f3-`
#echo $MSG
# Set up the URL for the differnt providers
SPRINT="http://messaging.sprintpcs.com/textmessaging/composeconfirm?phoneNumber=$PAGER&message=$MSG"
# Write a pager.out file and a $FILE for logging and confirmations
wget -o pager.out -O $FILE "$SPRINT"
# Here we check our Pager Company (mostly for future use)
case $CO in
SPRINT) # search for conformation
OK="Message Sent"
grep "$OK" $FILE >/dev/null
RC=$?
case $RC in
0 ) # Success
echo Success
;;
*) # Failure
echo Failed
;;
esac
esac
rm pager.out pager.html
#
# End
#
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