<hppavilion[1]> le/rn Russell\'s Teapot//Russell\'s little Teapot / Short and stout / Orbits near Mars / Or thereabout. / If you see it / Let us know / If you don\'t / What does that show?

#!/bin/sh
find /var/irclogs/_esoteric -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '????-??-??.txt' | sort -r | xargs -d'\n' -r tac -- | grep "^..:..:..: <$1>" | head -n 1