I did this very thing not too long ago. I've got mine setup as a cronjob
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#!/bin/bash
# change Kopete's away message
/opt/kde/bin/dcop --user goten kopete KopeteIface setAway "`/home/goten/oneliner`" 0
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#!/bin/bash
# strip newlines from a short fortune
fort=`/usr/games/fortune -s`
echo ${fort//'\n'//''}
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# update Kopete's away message
*/4 * * * * /home/goten/newMessage
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You'll need to change them to match your system, obviously. Works quite well.
