diff --git a/scripts/lua/mwi_event.lua b/scripts/lua/mwi_event.lua
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+-- This is an example of sending an event via luarun from the cli
+-- Edit to your liking.  luarun mwi_event.lua
+freeswitch.console_log("info", "Sending MWI Event using Lua\n");
+
+local event = freeswitch.Event("message_waiting");
+event:add_header("MWI-Messages-Waiting", "no");
+event:add_header("MWI-Message-Account", "sip:1002@10.0.1.100");
+event:fire();
diff --git a/scripts/lua/originate.lua b/scripts/lua/originate.lua
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+-- Example Lua script to originate. luarun
+freeswitch.console_log("info", "Lua in da house!!!\n");
+
+local session = freeswitch.Session("sofia/10.0.1.100/1002");
+session:execute("playback", "/sr8k.wav");
+session:hangup();
diff --git a/scripts/perl/mwi_event.pl b/scripts/perl/mwi_event.pl
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+# This is an example of sending an event via perlrun from the cli
+# Edit to your liking.  perlrun mwi_event.pl
+freeswitch::console_log("info", "Perl in da house!!!\n");
+
+$event = new freeswitch::Event("message_waiting");
+$event->add_header("MWI-Messages-Waiting", "yes");
+$event->add_header("MWI-Message-Account", 'sip:1002@10.0.1.100');
+$event->fire();
diff --git a/scripts/perl/originate.pl b/scripts/perl/originate.pl
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+# Example Perl script to originate. perlrun
+freeswitch::console_log("info", "Perl in da house!!!\n");
+
+$session = new freeswitch::Session("sofia/10.0.1.100/1002") ;
+$session->execute("playback", "/sr8k.wav");
+$session->hangup();