TWIRM(1)

🗑️ TWIRM(1) — the girl's guide to yeeting Twilio messages

ok so real talk: this one's called twirm, and it literally deletes Twilio SMS message resources. bye bye, messages. 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

twirm [-c config-file] [-C curl-flag] [-u account-sid] [-p auth-token]
      [-P] sid ...

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

twirm deletes SMS Message resources from Twilio's internal logs. that's it, that's the whole vibe. it goes in, it removes the messages, it leaves. main character energy fr fr. 🦋

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -c — specify the configuration file. 📄

bestie, this file is simply a shell script that, when sourced, must define the ACCOUNT_SID and AUTH_TOKEN shell variables containing the corresponding Twilio credentials. that's the whole contract, no cap.

if the -c flag is not specified, /etc/twilio.conf is assumed. it's giving "defaults live in /etc" and honestly? iconic.

• -C — pass curlflag to curl(1). 🌀 like, curl flags. for curl. you know the drill.
• -p — specify authentication token, overriding AUTH_TOKEN from the configuration file, if any. 🔑 yes, if any. key words.
• -P — read authentication token from the terminal. 🙈 super secret, nobody's shoulder-surfing this one.
• -u — specify Account SID, overriding ACCOUNT_SID from the configuration file, if any. 👑

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💀 EXIT STATUS 💀

twirm exits zero normally, or 1 if an error occurs. pretty straightforward, lowkey refreshing.

errors returned from the Twilio REST API are reported to standard error. so like, they will tell you, but they'll tell you on stderr. ⭐

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🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

curl(1), smslen(1), twils(1), twiping(1), twilog(1).

(the whole friend group. go say hi. 💖)

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Archie L. Cobbs <archie.cobbs@gmail.com>

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and that's the page!! mwah 💋 — this lil guy shipped with Debian, dated Feb 27, 2020, and it's still out here deleting messages to this day. slay. 🌈🎀