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[Help index](/documentation/help)

### Syntax ###

<div class="highlight irssisyntax"><pre style="\-\-cmdlen:4ch"><code><span class="synB">ISON</span> <span class="synB05">&lt;nicks></span></code></pre></div>



### Parameters ###

The nicknames, separated by space, to check.

### Description ###

Displays whether the specified nicknames are online.

### Examples ###

    /ISON mike
    /ISON sarah bob

### See also ###
[NOTIFY](/documentation/help/notify), [WHOWAS](/documentation/help/whowas), [WHOIS](/documentation/help/whois)