irccat

README

irccat - cat for IRC

irccat is a simple tool that reads from standard input (stdin) and posts the read message to a target IRC channel on a specified server.

Useful for simple command-line notifications, part of a pipeline, monitoring or anything you can pipe to irccat. Example:

echo 'Hello World!' | irccat irc.freenode.net:6667 gonuts

Installation

From Source:

$ go -u get github.com/prologic/irccat

Using Docker:

$ docker pull prologic/irccat

Usage

From Source:

$ echo '<message>' | irccat <address>:<port> <channel>

Using Docker:

$ echo '<message>' | docker run -i -t prologic/irccat <address>:<port> <channel>

License

irccat is licensed under the MIT License.