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I've just lost my phone. I know it's here in my house cause I used it last night and my bluetooth speakers will connect to it this morning.



How can I text my phone using bash? Then the phone notification will sound and I can find my phone.



Note: I asked for a bash solution because it's simpler to implement and works from Windows 10 (within WSL) without modification. Other users will appreciate non-bash solutions. So feel free to post other solutions.






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    I've just lost my phone. I know it's here in my house cause I used it last night and my bluetooth speakers will connect to it this morning.



    How can I text my phone using bash? Then the phone notification will sound and I can find my phone.



    Note: I asked for a bash solution because it's simpler to implement and works from Windows 10 (within WSL) without modification. Other users will appreciate non-bash solutions. So feel free to post other solutions.






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      I've just lost my phone. I know it's here in my house cause I used it last night and my bluetooth speakers will connect to it this morning.



      How can I text my phone using bash? Then the phone notification will sound and I can find my phone.



      Note: I asked for a bash solution because it's simpler to implement and works from Windows 10 (within WSL) without modification. Other users will appreciate non-bash solutions. So feel free to post other solutions.






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      I've just lost my phone. I know it's here in my house cause I used it last night and my bluetooth speakers will connect to it this morning.



      How can I text my phone using bash? Then the phone notification will sound and I can find my phone.



      Note: I asked for a bash solution because it's simpler to implement and works from Windows 10 (within WSL) without modification. Other users will appreciate non-bash solutions. So feel free to post other solutions.






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          textbelt.com to send text from bash



          After some digging I found a redit article that suggested creating this function in ~/.bashrc:



          find-phone() {
          
    curl -X POST https://textbelt.com/text 
          
       --data-urlencode phone='7801234567' 
          
       --data-urlencode message='Find Your Phone!' 
          
       -d key=textbelt
          
}


          Replace 7801234567 with your phone number. If you are texting an international phone number (outside Canada / USA) follow these instructions.



          Note: After you add a function to ~/.bashrc you must reload it. The safest route is to close your terminal and reopen it. The quick and dirty method often mentioned is to resource it using: source ~/.bashrc or . ~/.bashrc commands.




          Only one text per day



          You can only run the script once a day so have all ears tuned for your cell phones notification sound:



          $ find-phone
          
{"success":true,"textId":"168141545572031481","quotaRemaining":0}
          

          
$ find-phone
          
{"success":false,"error":"Only one test text message is allowed per day.","quotaRemaining":0}



          Script enhancements



          Consider enhancing the script by:




          • Replacing phone number (7801234567) with $1.

          • Replacing Find Your phone! message with $2.

          • Getting text key from vendor (linked above).

          • Rename find-phone to more generic name sms.

          • Then you would send text using sms $phone_number $text_message






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            textbelt.com to send text from bash



            After some digging I found a redit article that suggested creating this function in ~/.bashrc:



            find-phone() {
            
    curl -X POST https://textbelt.com/text 
            
       --data-urlencode phone='7801234567' 
            
       --data-urlencode message='Find Your Phone!' 
            
       -d key=textbelt
            
}


            Replace 7801234567 with your phone number. If you are texting an international phone number (outside Canada / USA) follow these instructions.



            Note: After you add a function to ~/.bashrc you must reload it. The safest route is to close your terminal and reopen it. The quick and dirty method often mentioned is to resource it using: source ~/.bashrc or . ~/.bashrc commands.




            Only one text per day



            You can only run the script once a day so have all ears tuned for your cell phones notification sound:



            $ find-phone
            
{"success":true,"textId":"168141545572031481","quotaRemaining":0}
            

            
$ find-phone
            
{"success":false,"error":"Only one test text message is allowed per day.","quotaRemaining":0}



            Script enhancements



            Consider enhancing the script by:




            • Replacing phone number (7801234567) with $1.

            • Replacing Find Your phone! message with $2.

            • Getting text key from vendor (linked above).

            • Rename find-phone to more generic name sms.

            • Then you would send text using sms $phone_number $text_message






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              textbelt.com to send text from bash



              After some digging I found a redit article that suggested creating this function in ~/.bashrc:



              find-phone() {
              
    curl -X POST https://textbelt.com/text 
              
       --data-urlencode phone='7801234567' 
              
       --data-urlencode message='Find Your Phone!' 
              
       -d key=textbelt
              
}


              Replace 7801234567 with your phone number. If you are texting an international phone number (outside Canada / USA) follow these instructions.



              Note: After you add a function to ~/.bashrc you must reload it. The safest route is to close your terminal and reopen it. The quick and dirty method often mentioned is to resource it using: source ~/.bashrc or . ~/.bashrc commands.




              Only one text per day



              You can only run the script once a day so have all ears tuned for your cell phones notification sound:



              $ find-phone
              
{"success":true,"textId":"168141545572031481","quotaRemaining":0}
              

              
$ find-phone
              
{"success":false,"error":"Only one test text message is allowed per day.","quotaRemaining":0}



              Script enhancements



              Consider enhancing the script by:




              • Replacing phone number (7801234567) with $1.

              • Replacing Find Your phone! message with $2.

              • Getting text key from vendor (linked above).

              • Rename find-phone to more generic name sms.

              • Then you would send text using sms $phone_number $text_message






              share|improve this answer


























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                textbelt.com to send text from bash



                After some digging I found a redit article that suggested creating this function in ~/.bashrc:



                find-phone() {
                
    curl -X POST https://textbelt.com/text 
                
       --data-urlencode phone='7801234567' 
                
       --data-urlencode message='Find Your Phone!' 
                
       -d key=textbelt
                
}


                Replace 7801234567 with your phone number. If you are texting an international phone number (outside Canada / USA) follow these instructions.



                Note: After you add a function to ~/.bashrc you must reload it. The safest route is to close your terminal and reopen it. The quick and dirty method often mentioned is to resource it using: source ~/.bashrc or . ~/.bashrc commands.




                Only one text per day



                You can only run the script once a day so have all ears tuned for your cell phones notification sound:



                $ find-phone
                
{"success":true,"textId":"168141545572031481","quotaRemaining":0}
                

                
$ find-phone
                
{"success":false,"error":"Only one test text message is allowed per day.","quotaRemaining":0}



                Script enhancements



                Consider enhancing the script by:




                • Replacing phone number (7801234567) with $1.

                • Replacing Find Your phone! message with $2.

                • Getting text key from vendor (linked above).

                • Rename find-phone to more generic name sms.

                • Then you would send text using sms $phone_number $text_message






                share|improve this answer

















                textbelt.com to send text from bash



                After some digging I found a redit article that suggested creating this function in ~/.bashrc:



                find-phone() {
                
    curl -X POST https://textbelt.com/text 
                
       --data-urlencode phone='7801234567' 
                
       --data-urlencode message='Find Your Phone!' 
                
       -d key=textbelt
                
}


                Replace 7801234567 with your phone number. If you are texting an international phone number (outside Canada / USA) follow these instructions.



                Note: After you add a function to ~/.bashrc you must reload it. The safest route is to close your terminal and reopen it. The quick and dirty method often mentioned is to resource it using: source ~/.bashrc or . ~/.bashrc commands.




                Only one text per day



                You can only run the script once a day so have all ears tuned for your cell phones notification sound:



                $ find-phone
                
{"success":true,"textId":"168141545572031481","quotaRemaining":0}
                

                
$ find-phone
                
{"success":false,"error":"Only one test text message is allowed per day.","quotaRemaining":0}



                Script enhancements



                Consider enhancing the script by:




                • Replacing phone number (7801234567) with $1.

                • Replacing Find Your phone! message with $2.

                • Getting text key from vendor (linked above).

                • Rename find-phone to more generic name sms.

                • Then you would send text using sms $phone_number $text_message







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