Telegram file sender via CLI

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#!/bin/sh
# tgm: TeleGram send Message
# Sends a message via Telegram (using telegram-cli)
# Author: davidlj95
#
# Telegram CLI:
# https://github.com/vysheng/tg
# yay -S telegram-cli-git

# Constants
TELEGRAM_CLI="telegram-cli -W -I -C -e"

# Check enough arguments or help
if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
	echo "Usage: tgm <nickname> <message>"
	echo "Sends the message to the Telegram nickname"
	exit 1
fi

# Parse arguments
nickname="$1"
shift
message="$@"

# Find user id
userid=$($TELEGRAM_CLI "contact_search $nickname" \
	| grep -v '[[:space:]]user#' | grep -Eo 'user#[0-9]+')
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo Nickname \"$nickname\" not found; exit 1; fi

# Do send file
$TELEGRAM_CLI "msg $userid \"$message\"" &> /dev/null
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo Unable to send send messaget 1; fi

Telegram File sender

Sends to the Telegram nickname the specified file

Usage

./tgm somebody /home/me/somefile.txt