On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 5:14 PM, Thuo Wilson <lixton@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello Python coders,

Analyze this;

#!/usr/bin/env python
# sample script to show how to same SMS to multiple recipients

import gammu
import sys

# Check parameters count
if len(sys.argv) < 3 or sys.argv[1] in ['--help', '-h', '-?']:
print 'Usage: mass-sms <TEXT> [number]...'
sys.exit(1)

# Configure Gammu
sm = gammu.StateMachine()
sm.ReadConfig()
sm.Init()

# Prepare SMS template
message = {'Text': sys.argv[1], 'SMSC': {'Location': 1}} # HELP ME HERE

# Send SMS to all recipients on command line
for number in sys.argv[1:]: #and here i guess
message['Number'] = number
try:
sm.SendSMS(message)
except Exception, exc:
print 'Sending to %s failed: %s' % (number, exc)

My issue is simple but not sure how to work on it;

I have some texts here;

/usr/bin/python mass-sms.py "we are smart people" `cat /root/numbers.txt`

I want to send the message "We are smart people" to the number in numbers.txt (some cellphone)

My problem is i can only read the first word "we" when i have sys.argv[1], which is OK, sys.argv[1:], i have anything later than and so on...

I think the problem is, as you have figured out, that the parameters collected from the command line are taken in as tuples and accessing them by indexes only gives a part of the string required and not the entire input.

I will suggest you try out the package argparse for the job [ http://docs.python.org/dev/library/argparse.html ]. I have used it before and it is pretty easy to specify the data types of arguments expected from the user terminal (ints, floats, strings). I can try it out later on in the day and see if it will work with your problem.

Martin.

How can i read a file using this and output texts like "we are smart people" to the above eg;

/usr/bin/python mass-sms.py `cat sometext` `cat /root/numbers.txt`

Hope am clear.

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