weelog -- easily convert chat logs formatted by weechat into a format more typical of IRC logs

weelog.awk

#!/usr/bin/awk -f

BEGIN { FS="\t"; }

{
        split($1, timesplit, / +/);
        time = timesplit[2]

        if (time == "")
                time = "--:--:--";

        prefix = $2;
        if (prefix !~ /^[\-><*]*$/)
                prefix = sprintf("<%s>", prefix);

        printf("[%s] %s %s\n", time, prefix, $3);
}