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### Syntax ###

<div class="highlight irssisyntax"><pre style="\-\-cmdlen:6ch"><code><span class="synB">SQUERY</span> <span class="synB05">&lt;service></span> <span class="syn10">[<span class="syn09">&lt;message></span>]</span></code></pre></div>



### Parameters ###


| `<service>` | - Service nickname or full hostmask of service to query. |
| `<message>` | - Message to send to the service. |
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### Description ###

    /SQUERY sends a query to the specified service.

### See also ###
[SERVLIST](/documentation/help/servlist), [LIST](/documentation/help/list), [MSG](/documentation/help/msg)