sms(1) · carta

Usage

sms [options]

Overview

This manual page documents briefly the sms command.

This program allows you to send SMs (Short Messages) to mobile phones operated by three Polish GSM operators: Era, Orange and Plus. It also supports English O2 SMS gateway.

Options

-h: Show summary of options.

-g <gateway>: era, eranet, miastoplusa, orangembox, plusmail, plus, o2uk

-n <no>: Phone number to sent SMS to.

-m <msg>: Message to sent, '-' means standard input.

-c <config>: Use specified config file instead of default ones.

-o <option>: Option with assigned value exactly like in .smsrc file.

-t <sig>: Signature to add to the message.

-p <num>: Max no of messages to sent.

-v: Verbose mode.

-s: Show additional sms gateway information (if available).

-r: Delivery notification (if available).

-V: Show version information.

-C: Check whether newer version is available.

Examples

sms -g era -n 602000000 -m "sms body"
date | sms -s -g era -o phone_no=602000000 -m -

Releases

4 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 2 times.

-C since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -V since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -c since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -g since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -h since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -m since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -n since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -o since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -p since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -r since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -s since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -t since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -v since Debian 5.0 (Lenny).

--1rstwap until Debian 4.0 (Etch); --cfg until Debian 4.0 (Etch); --check until Debian 4.0 (Etch); --czat until Debian 4.0 (Etch); --dlogin until Debian 4.0 (Etch); --eranet until Debian 4.0 (Etch); --from until Debian 4.0 (Etch); --ip until Debian 4.0 (Etch); --mbox until Debian 4.0 (Etch); --mplusa until Debian 4.0 (Etch); --nike until Debian 4.0 (Etch); --no-error until Debian 4.0 (Etch); --plusmail until Debian 4.0 (Etch); --quiet until Debian 4.0 (Etch); --sign until Debian 4.0 (Etch); --split until Debian 4.0 (Etch); --thanksto until Debian 4.0 (Etch).

Referred to by