#!/usr/bin/python import random, sys, time, socket CHANNEL = '#tincspasm' HOST='irc.freenode.net' FILE="/etc/tinc/retiolum/hosts/$myname" PORT=6667 NICK= "${myname}_"+str(random.randint(23,666)) sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET,socket.SOCK_STREAM) sock.connect((HOST,PORT)) print NICK sock.send("NICK %s\r\n" % NICK) sock.send("USER %s %s bla : %s\r\n" %(NICK,HOST,NICK)) sock.send("JOIN %s\r\n" % CHANNEL) time.sleep(23) f = open(FILE,'r') a = [ sock.send("PRIVMSG %s : %s" % ( CHANNEL,line)) for line in f] time.sleep(5) #because irc is so lazy print "closing socket" sock.close()