This is a fairly simple script for irssi. Opening a new query window will execute a script on the bouncer server via ssh, which will tail the latest log file of the queried person. The script is assuming a passwordless access (like, via pubkey from an agent) to the server, where the histfetcher zsh script is in the home and +x, and it can read the log_${servertag}/${username}_YYYYMMDD.log Any of that a problem, rewrite the scripts :)