gistfile1.sh

#!/bin/sh

echo "IP address limit:"

curl -s http://twitter.com/account/rate_limit_status.json | python -c '\
import sys, pprint, simplejson
d = simplejson.loads(sys.stdin.read())
for k, v in d.items():
    print "\t%s: %s" % (k, v)'

echo "Current date/time is `date`"

echo "For limits on an account, use: curl -u user:password http://twitter.com/account/rate_limit_status.json"