kirc notifications

notify.sh

#!/bin/sh
#
# checks log file for substring, usually your own nick, and sends message to specified program.
# message notification includes the senders nick.

main () {
    while true; do
        tail -fn5 "$1" | awk '/PRIVMSG #.*nick.*/ {
            sub(/:/,""); sub(/!/," "); print "\x27" $1 " - new message" "\x27"
            exit
        }' | xargs herbe
        sleep 5
    done
}

main "$1"

Usage

sh notify.sh mylogfile.log