<Gregor> addquote <elliott> I kept telling my therapist I wanted more conventional, non-hip-hop-oriented treatment, but it was no use. my shrinkwrapped. <elliott> okay i hate myself for making a pun that bad <elliott> please kill me <elliott> :(

#!/bin/sh
cd /var/irclogs/_esoteric
if [ "$1" ]; then
    grep -P -i -- "$1" ????-??-??.txt | shuf -n 1| sed "s=<[^>]*> =="
else
    file=$(shuf -en 1 ????-??-??.txt)
    echo "$file:$(grep "<.*>" $file | shuf -n 1)" | sed "s=<[^>]*> =="
fi