can combine an instant message software with bash?
 

Hi, everyone, here I come, :D,with an interesting question:

Can I combine an instant message software with bash? Then the message I send to the instant message software (e.g pidgin) can be converted, in certain way, to a command of bash. Then I could control my laptop remotely.

I'd like to amplify further:

is this imagination possible:
Any suggestion? TIA.
if I made any ambiguity because of my poor English, I'm terribly sorry. Please tell me and I'll correct it.

This is not a good idea.

The output of a given command can be very long, but text messages are limited to about two lines. Should a long output be truncated to the first two lines, or sent as possibly thousands of messages? That could be very expensive.

Anyone can send your IM account a message. If that message should be "rm -r *", would you like bash to execute that for you? How about if that message was "echo 'You are an idiot' | Mail -s 'I quit' your@boss.job" ?

If you want this sort of thing done sensibly, install webmin on your laptop and log into it using a browser. Possibly even one on your phone. But SMS is not a good fit.

ssh
 

to control laptop remotely ,
why don't you just log into it using ssh ?
find out your laptops ip , make sure /etc/rc.d/rc.sshd
is running , and that is all

putty + SSH is the way to go. If you want to control it from your phone get a PDA like a Treo or blackberry that has SSH software available.

Thank you all for these suggestions, I'll have a try.:)