diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f7275bb..6f9d6b5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 venv/
+*.fifo
+__pycache__
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5a7f590..dffd05b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,3 +9,29 @@ ircpipebot and reversebot make use of the irc module, installable with:
 
 
 
+### Pipebot
+
+
+
+Testing
+
+    python -u ircpipebot.py | python -u pipebot/echo_split.py
+
+
+Closing the loop
+
+    mkfifo pipe.fifo
+    cat pipe.fifo | python -u ircpipebot.py > pipe.fifo
+
+
+    cat pipe.fifo | python -u ircpipebot.py | python -u pipebot/echo_split.py > pipe.fifo
+
+or
+
+    cat pipe.fifo | \
+    python -u ircpipebot.py | \
+    python -u pipebot/echo_split.py \
+    > pipe.fifo
+
+
+
diff --git a/pipebot/echo.py b/pipebot/echo.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce5f854
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pipebot/echo.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import sys
+
+for line in sys.stdin:
+    print (line)
diff --git a/pipebot/echo_split.py b/pipebot/echo_split.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6826a57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pipebot/echo_split.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import sys
+
+for line in sys.stdin:
+    print (line, file=sys.stderr)
+    time, handle, message = line.split(" ", 2)
+    message = message.rstrip()
+    print (f"At {time}, {handle} said: {message}")
diff --git a/pipebot/reversebot.py b/pipebot/reversebot.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b284a47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pipebot/reversebot.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import sys
+
+for line in sys.stdin:
+    print (line, file=sys.stderr)
+    time, handle, msg = line.split(" ", 2)
+    if "bot" in msg:
+        words = msg.split()
+        words.reverse()
+        msg = " ".join(words)
+        print (msg)