#! /bin/sh case "$1" in (--help) echo send a message to a specific user ;; (*) cd /tmp/noise . $NOISE_pid/environment nick="${chat_nick-$NOISE_pid}" target="$1" shift for client in * ; do . $client/environment if test "$target" = "${chat_nick-$client}" ; then echo "/echo <-- $nick: $*" > $client/linefeed echo "--> $target: $*" exit fi unset chat_channel done echo "$nick not found" esac