NAME

sendxmpp - send xmpp messages from the commandline.

SYNOPSIS

sendxmpp [options] <recipient1> [<recipient2> ...]

sendxmpp --raw [options]

DESCRIPTION

sendxmpp is a program to send XMPP (Jabber) messages from the commandline, not unlike mail(1). Messages can be sent both to individual recipients and chatrooms.

OPTIONS

-f,--file file: Use file configuration file instead of ~/.sendxmpprc
-u,--username user: Use user instead of the one in the configuration file
-p,--password password: Use password instead of the one in the configuration file
--sso: Instead of specifying username or password, attempt to use system level SSO (e.g. kerberos) if supported.
-j,--jserver server: Use jabber server instead of the one in the configuration file.
-o,--component componentname: Use componentname in connect call. Seems needed for Google talk.
-r,--resource res: Use resource res for the sender [default: 'sendxmpp']; when sending to a chatroom, this determines the 'alias'
-t,--tls: Connect securely, using TLS
-e,--ssl: Connect securely, using SSL
-n,--no-tls-verify: Deactivate the verification of SSL certificates. Better way is to use parameter --tls-ca-path with the needed path to CA certificates.
-a,--tls-ca-path: Path to your custom CA certificates, so you can verificate SSL certificates during connecting.
-l,--headline: Backward compatibility option. You should use --message-type=headline instead. Send a headline type message (not stored in offline messages)
--messages-type: Set type of message. Supported types are: message chat headline. Default message type is message. Headline type message can be set also with --headline option, see --headline
-c,--chatroom: Send the message to a chatroom
-s,--subject subject: Set the subject for the message to subject [default: '']; when sending to a chatroom, this will set the subject for the chatroom
-m,--message message: Read the message from message (a file) instead of stdin
-i,--interactive: Work in interactive mode, reading lines from stdin and sending the one-at-time
-w,--raw: Send raw XML message to jabber server
-v,--verbose: Give verbose output about what is happening
-h,--help,--usage: Show a 'Usage' message
-d,--debug: Show debugging info while running. WARNING: This will include passwords etc. so be careful with the output! Specify multiple times to increase debug level.

CONFIGURATION FILE

You may define a '~/.sendxmpprc' file with the necessary data for your xmpp-account. Since version 1.24 the following format is supported:

    username: I<your_username>
    jserver: I<jabber_server>
    port: I<jabber_port>
    password: I<your_jabber_password>
    component: I<optional_component_name>

Example for Google Talk servers:

    username: I<lubomir.host>
    jserver: I<talk.google.com>
    password: I<my-secure-password>
    component: I<gmail.com>

With version 1.23 and older only one-line format is supported:

user@server password componentname

e.g.:

    # my account
    alice@jabber.org  secret

('#' and newlines are allowed like in shellscripts). You can add a host (or IP address) if it is different from the server part of your JID:

    # account with specific connection host
    alice@myjabberserver.com;foo.com secret

You can also add a port if it is not the standard XMPP port:

    # account with weird port number
    alice@myjabberserver.com:1234 secret

Of course, you may also mix the two:

    # account with a specific host and port
    alice@myjabberserver.com;foo.com:1234 secret

NOTE: for your security, sendxmpp demands that the configuration file is owned by you and readable only to you (permissions 600).

EXAMPLE

   $ echo "hello bob!" | sendxmpp -s hello someone@jabber.org
     or to send to a chatroom:
   $ echo "Dinner Time" | sendxmpp -r TheCook --chatroom test2@conference.jabber.org
     or to send your system logs somewhere, as new lines appear:
   $ tail -f /var/log/syslog | sendxmpp -i sysadmin@myjabberserver.com
     NOTE: be careful not the overload public jabber services

AUTHOR

sendxmpp has been written by Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>, and uses the Net::XMPP modules written by Ryan Eatmon. Current maintainer is Lubomir Host <lubomir.host@gmail.com>, <http://blog.hostname.sk>