def handlePubmsg (connection, event):
    opcmd = {'op':server.op,'deop':server.deop,'kick':server.kick,'ban':server.ban,'unban':server.unban} #dictionary with couples key:value where key=command and value = bound method of the object server
    if event.arguments()[0][0] == "!": #if first char in the command is !
        command = event.arguments()[0] #set some usefull vars
        ident = irclib.nm_to_u(event.source()).lower()
        chantarget = event.target()
        nicktarget = command.split(" ")[1].lower()
        key = command.split(" ")[0][1:].lower()
        if len(command.split(" ")) == 2: #check if the command has the right sintax: !cmd target (where target is a valid target for the given command)
            if opcmd.has_key(key):   #chek if the given command is present in my dictionary as a key
                ops = open("ops.txt", "r") #if so, open a file to check if the user is actually an operator, this will be improved another day
                while True:
                    line = ops.readline().split('\n')[0].lower()
                    if line == ident:
                        opcmd[key](chantarget, nicktarget) #if the user is actually an operator i call the bound method passing the two needed arguments
                        break
                    elif line == "":
                        server.privmsg(chan, "%s: you don't have enough power." % (event.source().split('!')[0]))
                        break
                ops.close()
            else:
                server.privmsg(chan, "%s: %s command not recognized" % (event.source().split('!')[0], command.split(" ")[0][1:]))