#!/bin/bash

# Your remote host
remote_user=`whoami`
remote_host='remote.system.somewhere'

# Growl notifications (Mac OS X)
growl_mesg='/usr/local/bin/growlnotify'

# Libnotify notifications (Linux)
libnotify_mesg='/usr/bin/notify-send'

if [ $# -eq 1 ]; then
    remote_host="$1"
fi
 
(ssh $remote_user@"$remote_host" -o PermitLocalCommand=no \
     ": > .irssi/fnotify ; tail -f .irssi/fnotify " |     \
   while read heading message; do                         \
       if [ -x $libnotify_mesg ]; then                    \
          $libnotify_mesg -t 4000 -c im.received -i info -u low "$heading: $message";\
      fi;                                                 \
      if [ -x $growl_mesg ]; then                         \
          $growl_mesg -t "$heading" -m "$message";        \
      fi;                                                 \
   done)&