#!/bin/bash -e # make username uppercase username=$(echo "$USER" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]') time=placeholder date=placeholder prompt=placeholder makeSlug () { # make time and date time=$(TZ=America/New_York date +%I:%M%p) date=$(TZ=America/New_York date +%m/%d) # make name/time string prompt="${username}-${date}-${time}" } # enter bunkchat mode (clear the screen) clear while true do figlet -f future proclaim - bunkchat echo "You may view old chat with 'scry', heathen." echo "-------------------------------------------" read -r -p "speak to the server: " text makeSlug echo "${prompt}: $text" >> /srv/bunkchat.txt clear done