<elliott> echo "#!/bin/sh" >bin/seen; echo \'cd /var/irclogs/_esoteric\' >>bin/seen; echo \'for file in $(ls -r | grep "....-..-..\\.txt"); do grep -P -i "^..:..:..: <$1>" $file; done | tail -n 1\' >>bin/seen; chmod +x bin/seen

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