admin [target]
find information about the administrator of the server
target: server
ame message
send a CTCP action to all channels of all connected servers
message: message to send
amsg text
send message to all channels of all connected servers
text: text to send
away [-all] [message]
toggle away status
-all: toggle away status on all connected servers
message: message for away (if no message is given, away status is removed)
ban [channel] [nickname [nickname ...]]
bans nicks or hosts
channel: channel for ban
nickname: user or host to ban
ctcp nickname type [arguments]
send a CTCP message (Client-To-Client Protocol)
nickname: user to send CTCP to
type: CTCP type (examples: "version", "ping", ..)
arguments: arguments for CTCP
cycle [channel[,channel]] [part_message]
leave and rejoin a channel
channel: channel name for cycle
part_message: part message (displayed to other users)
dcc action [nickname [file]]
starts DCC (file or chat) or close chat
action: 'send' (file) or 'chat' or 'close' (chat)
nickname: nickname to send file or chat
file: filename (on local host)
dehalfop [nickname [nickname]]
removes half channel operator status from nickname(s)
deop [nickname [nickname]]
removes channel operator status from nickname(s)
devoice [nickname [nickname]]
removes voice from nickname(s)
die
shutdown the server
halfop [nickname [nickname]]
gives half channel operator status to nickname(s)
info [target]
get information describing the server
target: server name
invite nickname channel
invite a nick on a channel
nickname: nick to invite
channel: channel to invite
ison nickname [nickname ...]
check if a nickname is currently on IRC
nickname: nickname
join channel[,channel] [key[,key]]
join a channel
channel: channel name to join
key: key to join the channel
kick [channel] nickname [comment]
forcibly remove a user from a channel
channel: channel where user is
nickname: nickname to kick
comment: comment for kick
kickban [channel] nickname [comment]
kicks and bans a nick from a channel
channel: channel where user is
nickname: nickname to kick and ban
comment: comment for kick
kill nickname comment
close client-server connection
nickname: nickname
comment: comment for kill
links [[server] server_mask]
list all servernames which are known by the server answering the query
server: this server should answer the query
server_mask: list of servers must match this mask
list [channel[,channel] [server]]
list channels and their topic
channel: channel to list (a regexp is allowed)
server: server name
lusers [mask [target]]
get statistics about the size of the IRC network
mask: servers matching the mask only
target: server for forwarding request
me message
send a CTCP action to the current channel
message: message to send
mode { channel {[+|-]|o|p|s|i|t|n|b|v} [limit] [user] [ban mask] } | { nickname {[+|-]|i|w|s|o} }
change channel or user mode
channel modes:
channel: channel name to modify
o: give/take channel operator privileges
p: private channel flag
s: secret channel flag
i: invite-only channel flag
t: topic settable by channel operator only flag
n: no messages to channel from clients on the outside
m: moderated channel
l: set the user limit to channel
b: set a ban mask to keep users out
e: set exception mask
v: give/take the ability to speak on a moderated channel
k: set a channel key (password)
user modes:
nickname: nickname to modify
i: mark a user as invisible
s: mark a user for receive server notices
w: user receives wallops
o: operator flag
motd [target]
get the "Message Of The Day"
target: server name
msg receiver[,receiver] text
send message to a nick or channel
receiver: nick or channel (may be mask, '*' = current channel)
text: text to send
names [channel[,channel]]
list nicknames on channels
channel: channel name
nick [-all] nickname
change current nickname
-all: set new nickname for all connected servers
nickname: new nickname
notice nickname text
send notice message to user
nickname: user to send notice to
text: text to send
op nickname [nickname]
gives channel operator status to nickname(s)
oper user password
get operator privileges
user/password: used to get privileges on current IRC server
part [channel[,channel]] [part_message]
leave a channel
channel: channel name to leave
part_message: part message (displayed to other users)
ping server1 [server2]
ping server
server1: server to ping
server2: forward ping to this server
pong daemon [daemon2]
answer to a ping message
daemon: daemon who has responded to Ping message
daemon2: forward message to this daemon
query nickname [text]
send a private message to a nick
nickname: nickname for private conversation
text: text to send
quit [quit_message]
close all connections and quit
quit_message: quit message (displayed to other users)
quote data
send raw data to server without parsing
data: raw data to send
rehash
tell the server to reload its config file
restart
tell the server to restart itself
service nickname reserved distribution type reserved info
register a new service
distribution: visibility of service
type: reserved for future usage
servlist [mask [type]]
list services currently connected to the network
mask: list only services matching this mask
type: list only services of this type
squery service text
deliver a message to a service
service: name of service
text: text to send
squit server comment
disconnect server links
server: server name
comment: comment for quit
stats [query [server]]
query statistics about server
query: c/h/i/k/l/m/o/y/u (see RFC1459)
server: server name
summon user [target [channel]]
give users who are on a host running an IRC server a message asking them to please join IRC
user: username
target: server name
channel: channel name
time [target]
query local time from server
target: query time from specified server
topic [channel] [topic]
get/set channel topic
channel: channel name
topic: new topic for channel (if topic is "-delete" then topic is deleted)
trace [target]
find the route to specific server
target: server
unban [channel] nickname [nickname ...]
unbans nicks or hosts
channel: channel for unban
nickname: user or host to unban
userhost nickname [nickname ...]
return a list of information about nicknames
nickname: nickname
users [target]
list of users logged into the server
target: server
version [server | nickname]
gives the version info of nick or server (current or specified)
server: server name
nickname: nickname
voice [nickname [nickname]]
gives voice to nickname(s)
wallops text
send a message to all currently connected users who have set the 'w' user mode for themselves
text to send
who [mask ["o"]]
generate a query which returns a list of information
mask: only information which match this mask
o: only operators are returned according to the mask supplied
whois [server] nickname[,nickname]
query information about user(s)
server: server name
nickname: nickname (may be a mask)
whowas nickname [,nickname [,nickname ...]] [count [target]]
ask for information about a nickname which no longer exists
nickname: nickname to search
count: number of replies to return (full search if negative number)
target: reply should match this mask