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So far I have a basic IRC Bot which I hope to be able to successfully PRIVMSG myself with but on the server I am testing on it requires a PONG response to PING.

I have absolutely no idea how to get around this. How do I reply to the PING with the same number?

What I get:

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:irc.seersirc.net NOTICE AUTH :*** Looking up your hostname...
:irc.seersirc.net NOTICE AUTH :*** Couldn't resolve your hostname; using your IP address instead
PING :C907F7DD
:irc.seersirc.net 451 PRIVMSG :You have not registered


Current Code:

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Code

#!/bin/bash

function ircpreamble {
echo "NICK ${1}"
}

function privmsg {
TARGET=$1
sed -re "s/^(.*)\$/PRIVMSG ${TARGET} :\1/"
}

function delay {
while read LINE; do
sleep 2
echo $LINE
done
}

function messages {
msg=`cat pmmsg.txt`
echo $msg
}

function disconnect {
echo "QUIT goodbye :)"
}


(  
nick=`cat randnick.txt`
pms=`cat pmnickname.txt`
ircpreamble "$nick";
messages | privmsg "$pms";
disconnect;
) | delay | nc irc.seersirc.net 6667