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140 lines
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## Telegram messenger CLI [](https://travis-ci.org/vysheng/tg)
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Command-line interface for [Telegram](http://telegram.org). Uses readline interface.
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### API, Protocol documentation
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Documentation for Telegram API is available here: http://core.telegram.org/api
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Documentation for MTproto protocol is available here: http://core.telegram.org/mtproto
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### Installation
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Clone GitHub Repository
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$ git clone https://github.com/vysheng/tg.git && cd tg
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or download and extract zip
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$ wget https://github.com/vysheng/tg/archive/master.zip -O tg-master.zip
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$ unzip tg-master.zip && cd tg-master
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#### Linux
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Install libs: readline openssl and (if you want to use config) libconfig and liblua.
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If you do not want to use them pass options --disable-libconfig and --disable-liblua respectively
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On ubuntu use:
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$ sudo apt-get install libreadline-dev libconfig-dev libssl-dev lua5.2 liblua5.2-dev
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On gentoo:
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$ sudo emerge -av sys-libs/readline dev-libs/libconfig dev-libs/openssl dev-lang/lua
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On Fedora:
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$ sudo yum install lua-devel, openssl-devel, libconfig-devel, readline-devel
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Default Makefile uses liblua5.2 from ubuntu. If you use different version of liblua or linux you have to run ./configure script or you will get some strange compilation error.
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Then
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$ ./configure
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$ make
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#### Mac OS X
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The client depends on [readline library](http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html) and [libconfig](http://www.hyperrealm.com/libconfig/), which are not included in OS X by default. You have to install these libraries manually, e.g. using [Homebrew](http://brew.sh/).
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$ brew install libconfig
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$ brew install readline
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$ brew install lua
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$ export CFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/Cellar/readline/6.2.4/include"
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$ export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/local/Cellar/readline/6.2.4/lib"
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$ ./configure && make
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Thanks to [@jfontan](https://github.com/vysheng/tg/issues/3#issuecomment-28293731) for this solution.
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#### FreeBSD
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Install these ports:
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* devel/libconfig
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* devel/libexecinfo
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Then build:
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$ env CC=clang CFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib ./configure
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$ make
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#### Other UNIX
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If you manage to launch it on other UNIX, please let me know.
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### Usage
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./telegram -k <public-server-key>
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By default public key is stored in the same folder named tg.pub or in /etc/telegram/server.pub, if it's not, specify where to find it:
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./telegram -k tg.pub
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Client support TAB completion and command history.
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Peer refers to the name of the contact or dialog and can be accessed by TAB completion.
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For user contacts peer name is Name <underscore> Lastname with all spaces changed to underscores.
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For chats it is it's title with all spaces changed to underscores
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For encrypted chats it is <Exсlamation mark> <underscore> Name <underscore> Lastname with all spaces changed to underscores.
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If two or more peers have same name, <sharp>number is appended to the name. (for example A_B, A_B#1, A_B#2 and so on)
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### Supported commands
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#### Messaging
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* **msg** \<peer\> Text - sends message to this peer
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* **fwd** \<user\> \<msg-seqno\> - forward message to user. You can see message numbers starting client with -N
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* **chat_with_peer** \<peer\> starts one on one chat session with this peer. /exit or /quit to end this mode.
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* **add_contact** \<phone-number\> \<first-name\> \<last-name\> - tries to add contact to contact-list by phone
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* **rename_contact** \<user\> \<first-name\> \<last-name\> - tries to rename contact. If you have another device it will be a fight
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* **mark_read** \<peer\> - mark read all received messages with peer
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#### Multimedia
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* **send_photo** \<peer\> \<photo-file-name\> - sends photo to peer
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* **send_video** \<peer\> \<video-file-name\> - sends video to peer
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* **send_text** \<peer\> \<text-file-name> - sends text file as plain messages
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* **load_photo**/load_video/load_video_thumb \<msg-seqno\> - loads photo/video to download dir
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* **view_photo**/view_video/view_video_thumb \<msg-seqno\> - loads photo/video to download dir and starts system default viewer
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#### Group chat options
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* **chat_info** \<chat\> - prints info about chat
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* **chat_add_user** \<chat\> \<user\> - add user to chat
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* **chat_del_user** \<chat\> \<user\> - remove user from chat
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* **rename_chat** \<chat\> \<new-name\>
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#### Search
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* **search** \<peer\> pattern - searches pattern in messages with peer
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* **global_search** pattern - searches pattern in all messages
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#### Secret chat
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* **create_secret_chat** \<user\> - creates secret chat with this user
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* **visualize_key** \<secret_chat\> - prints visualization of encryption key. You should compare it to your partner's one
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#### Stats and various info
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* **user_info** \<user\> - prints info about user
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* **history** \<peer\> [limit] - prints history (and marks it as read). Default limit = 40
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* **dialog_list** - prints info about your dialogs
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* **contact_list** - prints info about users in your contact list
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* **suggested_contacts** - print info about contacts, you have max common friends
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* **stats** - just for debugging
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* **show_license** - prints contents of GPLv2
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* **help** - prints this help
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