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IRC client written entirely in Bash (no external binary calls)

• wrayjustin 11y ago
  Found on Reddit[1], seems to have been created by https://www.reddit.com/u/LinuxVersion https://www.reddit.com/u/LinuxVersion [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/commandline/comments/4cb0ru/i_wrote_an_irc_client_purely_in_bash_works/ https://www.reddit.com/r/commandline/comments/4cb0ru/i_wrote...
• kafkaesq 11y ago
  But why?
  • d0lph 11y ago
    It's entertaining for the same reason code golf is entertaining. It's fun, educational, and clever.
  • gjolund 11y ago
    A lot of people use bash scripts to setup their dev environments on new machines. I can think of several reasons why I would want an easy to install zero dependency irc client on a new machine. Bash is hands down one of the most useful languages out there, it is nearly as ubiquitous as javascript. For an example on how powerful bash can be I would take a look at Ben Alman's (Cowboy) dotfiles repo. https://github.com/cowboy/dotfiles https://github.com/cowboy/dotfiles
    • kafkaesq 11y ago
      Excellent answer. Thanks.