irc to pubsub

irc2ps.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Publishes IRC messages from a particular channel to a pubsub

server="irc.wikimedia.org"
channel="#en.wikipedia"
pubsub="http://localhost:8080/pub"

( echo "USER irc2ps * * :irc2ps_bot
NICK irc2ps$RANDOM
JOIN $channel"; cat -) | nc $server 6667 | 
grep "PRIVMSG $channel"
while read LINE; do
    echo $LINE | curl -d @- -s "$pubsub" > /dev/null;
done