--- a/NMTf	Tue Jan 22 15:05:06 2013 +0000
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-trap 'kill -TERM 0' EXIT
-read s <<< "$1"; files=(/var/irclogs/_esoteric/????-??-??.txt)
-for file in "${file[@]:${#files[@]} - 30}"
-do line=; while read -r t n m; do [[ $n =~ $s ]] && line="$t $n $m"; done <"$file"
-[[ -n "$line" ]] && { printf '%s:%s\n' "${file##*/}" "$line"; exit;}; done
-echo 'well, not lately'
-

--- a/bin/pseen	Tue Jan 22 15:05:06 2013 +0000
+++ b/bin/pseen	Tue Jan 22 15:05:16 2013 +0000
@@ -1,16 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 trap 'kill -TERM 0' EXIT
-
-read s <<< "$1"
-files=(/var/irclogs/_esoteric/????-??-??.txt)
-
+read s <<< "$1"; files=(/var/irclogs/_esoteric/????-??-??.txt)
 for file in "${file[@]:${#files[@]} - 30}"
-do {
-	line=
-	while read -r t n m; do [[ $n =~ $s ]] && line="$t $n $m"; done <"$file"
-	wait && [[ -n "$line" ]] && { printf '%s:%s\n' "${file##*/}" "$line"; exit; }
-} &
-done | tail -n1
-
+do line=; while read -r t n m; do [[ $n =~ $s ]] && line="$t $n $m"; done <"$file"
+[[ -n "$line" ]] && { printf '%s:%s\n' "${file##*/}" "$line"; exit;}; done
 echo 'well, not lately'