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wlan poem ssid

Get a wlan router you can controll via ssh / telnet. Find the way to change the SSID via command line. On my box i used:

$ wl ssid $name

Get your favorite song lyrics or poem into a text file. Clean it from any special chars and empty lines. Format every line to a width of 32 chars (maximal lenght of a SSID).

$ php -r 'echo wordwrap(file_get_contents("filename.txt"),32);' > filename32.txt
$ ssh root@router
$ vi /tmp/poem

copy / paste the “filename32.txt” into it and save it

$ vi /tmp/poem.sh
#!/bin/sh
while /bin/true
 do
  while read line
   do 
    wl ssid "$line"; 
    sleep 10; 
   done < /tmp/poem
 done
$ sh /tmp/poem.sh &

Enjoy the poem with a WLAN scanner.