diff --git a/HowToUbuntu.md b/HowToUbuntu.md index e9fdffc..3643b2b 100644 --- a/HowToUbuntu.md +++ b/HowToUbuntu.md @@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ Open a command line and change to the subdirectory `bin` where the release has b Note: In Signal/signal-cli the account is called "username", which is slightly misleading, since it is a phone number including the country code. The used phone number is required for one-time verification of the installation. In this example I will use two German cell phone numbers, thus they will start with +491515... 1. Register your phone number -Enter `./signal-cli -u +4915151111111 register` on the command line. If all goes well, there is no reply. Execution takes a few seconds. +Enter +> ./signal-cli -u +4915151111111 register +on the command line. If all goes well, there is no reply. Execution takes a few seconds. +491515111111 is thus the phone number that will be used by the signal-cli installation. After a few seconds, you will receive an SMS on the cell phone with phone number +4915151111111 that contains the verification code (123-456 in this example): @@ -26,10 +28,14 @@ After a few seconds, you will receive an SMS on the cell phone with phone number > 25 Feb. 2017 10:52 2. Verify your phone number -Enter `./signal-cli -u +4915151111111 verify **123-456**` on the command line. Again, no reply if all is fine. +Enter +> ./signal-cli -u +4915151111111 verify **123-456** +on the command line. Again, no reply if all is fine. ## Send a first message from the command line -We assume that the receiver of the message has the phone number +4915152222222. Enter `./signal-cli -u +4915151111111 send -m "My first message from the CLI" +4915152222222` on the command line. Again, no reply if all is fine. +We assume that the receiver of the message has the phone number +4915152222222. Enter +> ./signal-cli -u +4915151111111 send -m "My first message from the CLI" +4915152222222 +on the command line. Again, no reply if all is fine. Within a few seconds, the Signal App on the cell phone +4915152222222 will receive the message. @@ -37,11 +43,13 @@ Within a few seconds, the Signal App on the cell phone +4915152222222 will recei With the same setup, enter a message (e.g. "First reply to the CLI") on the cell phone +4915152222222. Enter `./signal-cli -u +4915151111111 receive`. This gets more output after a few seconds: -`Envelope from: +4915152222222 (device: 1)` -`Timestamp: 1488016532387 (2017-02-25T09:55:32.387Z)` -`Message timestamp: 1488016532387 (2017-02-25T09:55:32.387Z)` -`Body: **First reply to the CLI**` - -`Envelope from: +4915152222222 (device: 1)` +>Envelope from: +4915152222222 (device: 1) +>Timestamp: 1488016532387 (2017-02-25T09:55:32.387Z) +>Message timestamp: 1488016532387 (2017-02-25T09:55:32.387Z) +>Body: **First reply to the CLI** +> +>Envelope from: +4915152222222 (device: 1) `Timestamp: 1488017026720 (2017-02-25T10:03:46.720Z)` `Got receipt.` + +The message is contained in the line starting with > Body:. \ No newline at end of file