script to tail and strip irclogs for piping to espeak

tailirclog_espeak.sh

#!/bin/sh
# script to tail and strip irclogs for piping to espeak:
#   don't forget -t for a TTY if calling script remotely via ssh, ie:
#     ssh -t host.example.com ~/bin/tailirclog_espeak.sh debian-devel | espeak
if [ ${1} ]; then
  CHAN=${1}
  LOG=$( find ${HOME}/irclogs/ -name \#*${1}.log )
  if [[ ! -f ${LOG} ]]; then
    echo; echo "cannot find logs for #${CHAN}"; echo
  else
    echo "Following IRC log for #${CHAN}"
    # tail --follow and process:
    # skip first 6 chars (time), NICK or ACTION (*), and ingore '-!-' lines
    tail -n2 -F ${LOG} | sed -r 's/^.{6}.*(<.*> |\* )//;/-!-/d'
  fi
else
  echo; echo "$0 needs an irc channel name to follow"; echo
fi