XMatrix

XMatrix is a lightweight and efficient command-line client for interacting with Matrix servers. It allows users to send messages to rooms quickly and easily.

Usage

xmatrix [options]

Options

• -h, --help: Display help message
• -u, Update available rooms info
• -i, List available rooms
• -S, <url>: Set the Matrix server URL (default: https://matrix.org)
• -U, <username>: Set the Matrix username
• -P, <password>: Set the Matrix password
• -R, <room_id>: Set the room ID to send the message to
• -M, <message>: Set the message to send

About Matrix

Matrix is an open standard for interoperable, decentralized, real-time communication over the Internet. It provides a way to communicate and collaborate securely without being tied to any single service provider. Matrix allows users to communicate with each other using different chat applications and services while preserving their own identities and data. Certainly! Here are the new sections for the README:

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Project Details

• Language: Bash
• Compatibility: Linux systems only
• Tested On: Debian-based systems (Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS x86_64)

Dependencies

This project requires the flag script for parsing command-line arguments. Make sure to have the flag script installed and accessible in your PATH before using XMatrix.

Here's an example of how you can add the flag script to the system PATH using the .bashrc file:

1. Open your .bashrc file for editing. You can do this by running the following command in your terminal:

   nano ~/.bashrc

2. Add the following line at the end of the file to append the directory containing the flag script to your PATH:

   export PATH="/path/to/flag_script_directory:$PATH"

   Replace /path/to/flag_script_directory with the actual path to the directory containing the flag script.

3. To apply the changes, either close and reopen your terminal or run the following command:

   source ~/.bashrc

4. You can now use the flag script from any directory in your terminal.

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To use groff to view the xmatrix.1 man page, store it to a file, and compress it as xmatrix.1.gz, follow these steps:

1. Viewing the Man Page with groff:

   groff -man -Tascii xmatrix.1 | less

   This command formats the xmatrix.1 man page using groff and pipes it to less for paging.

2. Storing the Man Page to a File:

   groff -man -Tascii xmatrix.1 > xmatrix_man.txt

   This command formats the xmatrix.1 man page using groff and redirects the output to a file named xmatrix_man.txt.

3. Viewing the Man Page with less:

   less xmatrix_man.txt

   This command uses less to view the contents of the xmatrix_man.txt file, which contains the formatted man page.

4. Compressing the Man Page as .1.gz:

   gzip -c xmatrix.1 > xmatrix.1.gz

   This command compresses the xmatrix.1 man page using gzip and saves it as xmatrix.1.gz.

5. Viewing the Compressed Man Page with zless:

   zless xmatrix.1.gz

   This command uses zless to view the contents of the compressed xmatrix.1.gz man page. For Linux distributions and other Unix-like systems, the man page is typically installed in a specific directory (e.g., /usr/share/man/man1/ for user commands) as a compressed file (e.g., xmatrix.1.gz).

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License

This software is released under the GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC License. See the LICENSE file for more details.

Author

This software was created by Amosnimos.

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