#! /bin/sh arg1=$1 # sender (the person I am talking to) arg2=$2 # unclear???? user_dir=eliza_bot/$1 if [ ! -d "$user_dir" ]; then mkdir $user_dir fi shift 2 # chop off the first two args echo "$@" >> $user_dir/input cat $user_dir/input | java -jar eliza_bot/eliza_java.jar > $user_dir/output # retcode of value 1 means the user said goodbye retcode="${PIPESTATUS[1]}" echo "PRIVMSG $arg2 :$arg1: `tail -n 1 $user_dir/output`" if [ $retcode -eq "1" ]; then echo "PRIVMSG $arg2 :$arg1: That was a joke! It's free to talk to me. But we do accept donations! ;D" fi