DailyTxT is a simple bash script that sends you a daily text message (SMS) with a daily quote. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps of installing DailyTxT on FreeBSD Latest.
Before we proceed with the installation of DailyTxT, we need to make sure that Git is installed on our system. To install it, run the following command:
pkg install git
Next, we need to clone the DailyTxT repository from GitHub. To do this, run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/PhiTux/DailyTxT.git
This will download the DailyTxT source code from the repository and save it in a directory named "DailyTxT".
DailyTxT requires several dependencies to function properly, including curl, awk, grep, and sed. To install these dependencies, run the following command:
pkg install curl awk grep sed
Before using DailyTxT, we need to configure it with our phone number and the service provider. To do this, navigate to the DailyTxT directory and open the "config.txt" file using a text editor:
cd DailyTxT
vi config.txt
In the "config.txt" file, enter your phone number and the service provider. The phone number should be in the format "XXX-XXX-XXXX", and the service provider should be one of the following:
Save and close the file when done.
To test DailyTxT, run the following command:
./DailyTxT
This will send a test SMS message to your phone number with a quote. If you receive the message, then DailyTxT is working properly.
Now that we have verified that DailyTxT is working, we can schedule it to run automatically every day. To do this, we will use Cron, a Linux/Unix utility used to schedule commands on a system.
Edit the Cron jobs configuration file by running the following command:
crontab -e
This will open the Cron configuration file in your default editor. Add the following line to the end of the file:
0 9 * * * /path/to/DailyTxT/DailyTxT >> /dev/null 2>&1
Replace "/path/to/DailyTxT" with the absolute path to the DailyTxT directory.
This Cron job will run DailyTxT every day at 9:00 AM and redirect any output to /dev/null.
Save and close the file when done.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and scheduled DailyTxT on your FreeBSD Latest system.
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