<pre class="alt2" dir="ltr" style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 6px; padding-right: 6px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 6px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: inset; border-right-style: inset; border-bottom-style: inset; border-left-style: inset; border-color: initial; width: 640px; height: 130px; text-align: left; overflow-x: auto; overflow-y: auto; background-position: initial initial; ">fifo=`mktemp`
mkfifo $fifo
telnet irc.mynetwork.com 6667 &lt; $fifo &amp;
sleep 20
echo "NICK ihth" &gt; $fifo
sleep 5
echo USER ihth 0 0 :ihth ihth via telnet &gt; $fifo</pre>