cool, it seems to work, but I locked myself out of the account by signing on and off to quickly :P figures I had centericq open on one of the virtual consoles and tried to run this script. Here is the script i came up with. --------------------- #!/bin/bash #sets status to online centericq -S o -p aim #waits for it to sign on sleep 10 #sends message echo "it worked" |centericq -s msg -p aim -t "Adam Melancon" #waits for message to be delivered from the queue sleep 10 #sets status to offline centericq -S _ -p aim ------------------------ Thanks for the starting point. I appreciate the help.
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