Sketch for recieving sms aruduino uno, sim900

I am attempting to build a cell remote controlled dispenser using the arduino uno and a sim900 gprs/gsm shield. I have zero experience with the coding/sketch for this shield. And I only have minimal experience with arduino programming in general (if, else, &&, etc) Does anyone have time to walk me through the basic setup? Or even have a template of the basic sketch so I can just add my own subroutine and my cell #. Also, are there any tricks with the simcard? I'm using a simcard from an operational phone. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

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