jmms wrappers/helpers

change-username.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# A script to change the current username
+
+# Get current username
+printf "\nType the current username:\n"
+read old
+
+# Set desired username
+printf "\nType the desired username:\n"
+read new
+
+# Home paths
+ohp="home/$old"
+nhp="home/$new"
+
+# Change username
+printf "\nChanging username\n"
+
+for file in group gshadow passwd shadow subgid subuid
+do
+    sed -i "s/$old/$new/g" /etc/$file*
+done
+
+# Rename home folder
+mv /$ohp /$nhp
+
+# Fix path references in /home for new user
+printf "\nAdjusting paths in home directory\n"
+
+grep -rl "$ohp" /$nhp | xargs sed -i "s+$ohp+$nhp+g"
+
+# Set user info
+echo
+chfn $new
+sync
+
+reboot

mms-check

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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+# Check ModemManager for pending SMS/MMS messages clogging its queue.
+# Until mobile Linux natively supports MMS messages, ModemManager is
+# needed along with Janky MMS (https://git.sr.ht/~amindfv/jmms) to get
+# your messages and flush the queue; if the queue gets clogged you don't
+# get incoming messages anymore.
+
+# Usage: run this in your .bashrc so it'll print in your new terminal
+# session to remind you that messages are pending.
+
+use 5.12.0;
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+# Find modem ID
+my $modem;
+my $list = `mmcli -L`;
+if ($list =~ m{/Modem/(\d+)}i) {
+	$modem = $1;
+} else {
+	die "didn't find modem id";
+}
+
+my $chk = `mmcli -m $modem --messaging-list-sms`;
+my @lines = split(/\n/, $chk);
+if ($chk !~ /no sms messages were found/i) {
+	say "Notice: mmcli shows there are pending SMS messages:";
+	say $chk;
+}

mms-read

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Wrapper for Jenky MMS (https://git.sr.ht/~amindfv/jmms)
+# Until MMS is natively supported in mobile Linux, this command
+# will use jmms to read your pending MMS messages. For this to
+# work the WiFi needs switched off as only the 4G LTE connection
+# has authentication to read from (T-Mobile's) servers.
+
+sudo nmcli radio wifi off
+jmms --get
+sudo nmcli radio wifi on