1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/bin/ircsink b/bin/ircsink
index a86c183..fafa4a7 100755
--- a/bin/ircsink
+++ b/bin/ircsink
@@ -146,10 +146,13 @@ main() {(
     echo2 "USER $LOGNAME 0 * :$LOGNAME@$(hostname)"
     echo2 "NICK $nick"
 
-    awk 'match($0, /PING(.*)/, m) {print "PONG", m[1]; exit}'
+    sed -nru '
+      # wait for MODE message
+      /^:[^ ]* MODE /q
 
-    # wait for MODE message
-    sed -n '/^:[^ ]* MODE /q'
+      # answer any PING messages while waiting
+      s/^PING (:.*)/PONG \1/p
+    '
 
     if is_channel "$target"; then
       echo2 "JOIN $target"