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 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 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