Cleaned up the code a bit, the formatting at least, there's plenty more to do.

bot.sh

@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ fi
 [ -f bot.cfg ] && source bot.cfg
 input=".botinput"
 
-close_bot()
-{
+close_bot() {
     echo -en "QUIT :$quitMessage\r\n" >> "$input"
     rm "$input"
     exit 0
@@ -22,8 +21,7 @@ echo "NICK $nick" > "$input"
 echo "USER $user" >> "$input"
 echo "JOIN #$channel" >> "$input"
 
-tail -f "$input" | telnet "$server" "$port" | while read result
-do
+tail -f "$input" | telnet "$server" "$port" | while read -r result ; do
     # log the session
     echo "$(date "+[$dateFormat]") $result" >> "$log"
     # do things when you see output
@@ -118,7 +116,7 @@ set -f
             fi
             # "#" would mean it's a channel
             if [ "$(echo "$from" | grep '#')" ]; then
-        test "$(echo "$result" | grep ":$nick:")" || continue
+                [[ "$(echo "$result" | grep ":$nick:")" ]] || continue
                 will="${result#*#*:}"
                 will="${will#*:}"
             else