Log into IRC and display chat

irclogger.go

package main

import (
        "net"
        "net/textproto"
        "fmt"
        "log"
        "bufio"
)

func main() {
        conn, err := net.Dial("tcp", "chat.freenode.net:6667")
        if err != nil {
                log.Fatal("unable to connect to IRC server ", err)
        }
        log.Printf("Connected to IRC Server")

        conn.Write([]byte("PASS yourpassword\r\n"))
        conn.Write([]byte("NICK yournick\r\n"))
        conn.Write([]byte("JOIN #go-nuts\r\n"))
        conn.Write([]byte("JOIN #clojure\r\n"))
        defer conn.Close()

        reader := bufio.NewReader(conn)
        tp := textproto.NewReader(reader)

        for {
                line, err := tp.ReadLine()
                if err != nil {
                        break
                }
                fmt.Printf("%s\n", line)
        }
}