first updates.

.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+log.txt
+.bot.cfg

bot.properties

@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
-server="irc.freenode.net"
+server="irc.netwirc.tk"
-channel="linux"
+port=6667
-nick="bashbot"
+#enter channels here in quotes before the )
-user="username hostname servername :realname"
+channel=(
+  "a11y"
+)
+nick="storm_bot"
+# format=username hostname servername :realname
+user="$nick ${server%.} $server :$nick"
+# Path to log file
 log="log.txt"

bot.sh

@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-. bot.properties
+[ -f bot.properties ] && source bot.properties
 input=".bot.cfg"
 echo "Starting session: $(date "+[%y:%m:%d %T]")">$log 
 echo "NICK $nick" > $input 
 echo "USER $user" >> $input
-echo "JOIN #$channel" >> $input
+for c in ${channel[@]} ; do
+  echo "JOIN #$c" | tee -a $input
+done
 
-tail -f $input | telnet $server 6667 | while read res
+tail -f $input | telnet $server $port | while read res
 do
   # log the session
   echo "$(date "+[%y:%m:%d %T]")$res" >> $log