Replace Guest with your username. ; 9fs tcp!cloud9p.org!900 /n/chat ; cat /n/chat/chat & ; while() read | sed '1s/^/Guest → /' >>/n/chat/chat From UNIX: Install [plan9port](https://9fans.github.io/plan9port/). On OpenBSD: $ doas pkg_add plan9port On Linux, you may have to compile from source. $ 9 9p -a 'tcp!cloud9p.org!900' read chat | sed "s/$/$(echo '\a')/" & while read l; do echo $(date -z UTC +%25H:%25M) $USER → "$l" done | 9 9p -a 'tcp!cloud9p.org!900' write chat