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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# send message to slack
+#
+# $1 message
+# $2 username - optional
+# $3 channel - optional
+# $4 icon - optional
+if [ "$1" = "" ]; then
+        echo "send message to slack"
+        echo "slackecho <message> [username] [channel] [icon]"
+        exit
+fi
+
+SLACKURL="https://hooks.slack.com/services/YOURURL"
+
+#Setup defaults
+if [ "$2" = "" ]; then
+        SLACKUSER="git-deploy"
+else
+        SLACKUSER="$2"
+fi
+
+if [ "$3" = "" ]; then
+        SLACKCH="devops"
+else
+        SLACKCH="$3"
+fi
+
+if [ "$4" = "" ]; then
+        SLACKICON=":robot_face:"
+else
+        SLACKICON="$4"
+fi
+
+#build the post form and send it to the slack url
+curl -X POST --data-urlencode 'payload={"channel": "#'$SLACKCH'", "username": "'$SLACKUSER'", "text": "'"$1"'", "icon_emoji": "'$SLACKICON'"}' $SLACKURL -o /dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1