
tweetypy
April 27, 2008tweetypy - command line app, written in Python.

Ubuntu: Posting to Twitter from the Terminal Window - mini tutorial from Digital Streets. Install cURL (a command line tool) and then Tweet from the Terminal like so:
curl -u yourusername:yourpassword -d status=”Your Message Here” http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml
A tad long winded, but arrow keys make it a little quicker.