a thor script that implements basic twitter functionality. (save as tnt.thor)

tnt.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'thor'
require 'twitter'

    class TNT < Thor
      
      map "MESSAGE" => :post
      desc "post \"message\"", "Post a message to Twitter"
      def post(message)
        client.update message
      end

      map "recent" => :recent
      desc "recent", "Get recent tweets from the folks you follow"
      def recent
        f = client.friends_timeline
        f.each { |t| puts "#{t.user.screen_name}:\n #{t.text}" }
      end

      map "dms" => :dms
      desc "Direct Messages", "Get your DMs"
      def dms
        client.direct_messages.each do |d|
          puts "#{d.sender_screen_name}:\n #{d.text}"
          puts
        end
      end

      no_tasks{
      def httpauth
        Twitter::HTTPAuth.new('your_username', 'your_pass')
      end

      def client 
        Twitter::Base.new(httpauth)
      end
      }
    
    end