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<command>admin  [target]</command>
<programlisting>
find information about the administrator of the server

target: server

</programlisting>
<command>ame  message</command>
<programlisting>
send a CTCP action to all channels of all connected servers

message: message to send

</programlisting>
<command>amsg  text</command>
<programlisting>
send message to all channels of all connected servers

text: text to send

</programlisting>
<command>away  [-all] [message]</command>
<programlisting>
toggle away status

   -all: toggle away status on all connected servers
message: message for away (if no message is given, away status is removed)

</programlisting>
<command>ban  [channel] [nickname [nickname ...]]</command>
<programlisting>
bans nicks or hosts

 channel: channel for ban
nickname: user or host to ban

</programlisting>
<command>ctcp  nickname type [arguments]</command>
<programlisting>
send a CTCP message (Client-To-Client Protocol)

 nickname: user to send CTCP to
     type: CTCP type (examples: "version", "ping", ..)
arguments: arguments for CTCP

</programlisting>
<command>cycle  [channel[,channel]] [part_message]</command>
<programlisting>
leave and rejoin a channel

     channel: channel name for cycle
part_message: part message (displayed to other users)

</programlisting>
<command>dcc  action [nickname [file]]</command>
<programlisting>
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)

</programlisting>
<command>dehalfop  [nickname [nickname]]</command>
<programlisting>
removes half channel operator status from nickname(s)

</programlisting>
<command>deop  [nickname [nickname]]</command>
<programlisting>
removes channel operator status from nickname(s)

</programlisting>
<command>devoice  [nickname [nickname]]</command>
<programlisting>
removes voice from nickname(s)

</programlisting>
<command>die</command>
<programlisting>
shutdown the server

</programlisting>
<command>halfop  [nickname [nickname]]</command>
<programlisting>
gives half channel operator status to nickname(s)

</programlisting>
<command>info  [target]</command>
<programlisting>
get information describing the server

target: server name

</programlisting>
<command>invite  nickname channel</command>
<programlisting>
invite a nick on a channel

nickname: nick to invite
 channel: channel to invite

</programlisting>
<command>ison  nickname [nickname ...]</command>
<programlisting>
check if a nickname is currently on IRC

nickname: nickname

</programlisting>
<command>join  channel[,channel] [key[,key]]</command>
<programlisting>
join a channel

channel: channel name to join
    key: key to join the channel

</programlisting>
<command>kick  [channel] nickname [comment]</command>
<programlisting>
forcibly remove a user from a channel

 channel: channel where user is
nickname: nickname to kick
 comment: comment for kick

</programlisting>
<command>kickban  [channel] nickname [comment]</command>
<programlisting>
kicks and bans a nick from a channel

 channel: channel where user is
nickname: nickname to kick and ban
 comment: comment for kick

</programlisting>
<command>kill  nickname comment</command>
<programlisting>
close client-server connection

nickname: nickname
 comment: comment for kill

</programlisting>
<command>links  [[server] server_mask]</command>
<programlisting>
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

</programlisting>
<command>list  [channel[,channel] [server]]</command>
<programlisting>
list channels and their topic

channel: channel to list (a regexp is allowed)
server: server name

</programlisting>
<command>lusers  [mask [target]]</command>
<programlisting>
get statistics about the size of the IRC network

  mask: servers matching the mask only
target: server for forwarding request

</programlisting>
<command>me  message</command>
<programlisting>
send a CTCP action to the current channel

message: message to send

</programlisting>
<command>mode  { channel {[+|-]|o|p|s|i|t|n|b|v} [limit] [user] [ban mask] } | { nickname {[+|-]|i|w|s|o} }</command>
<programlisting>
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

</programlisting>
<command>motd  [target]</command>
<programlisting>
get the "Message Of The Day"

target: server name

</programlisting>
<command>msg  receiver[,receiver] text</command>
<programlisting>
send message to a nick or channel

receiver: nick or channel (may be mask, '*' = current channel)
text: text to send

</programlisting>
<command>names  [channel[,channel]]</command>
<programlisting>
list nicknames on channels

channel: channel name

</programlisting>
<command>nick  [-all] nickname</command>
<programlisting>
change current nickname

    -all: set new nickname for all connected servers
nickname: new nickname

</programlisting>
<command>notice  nickname text</command>
<programlisting>
send notice message to user

nickname: user to send notice to
    text: text to send

</programlisting>
<command>op  nickname [nickname]</command>
<programlisting>
gives channel operator status to nickname(s)

</programlisting>
<command>oper  user password</command>
<programlisting>
get operator privileges

user/password: used to get privileges on current IRC server

</programlisting>
<command>part  [channel[,channel]] [part_message]</command>
<programlisting>
leave a channel

     channel: channel name to leave
part_message: part message (displayed to other users)

</programlisting>
<command>ping  server1 [server2]</command>
<programlisting>
ping server

server1: server to ping
server2: forward ping to this server

</programlisting>
<command>pong  daemon [daemon2]</command>
<programlisting>
answer to a ping message

 daemon: daemon who has responded to Ping message
daemon2: forward message to this daemon

</programlisting>
<command>query  nickname [text]</command>
<programlisting>
send a private message to a nick

nickname: nickname for private conversation
    text: text to send

</programlisting>
<command>quit  [quit_message]</command>
<programlisting>
close all connections and quit

quit_message: quit message (displayed to other users)

</programlisting>
<command>quote  data</command>
<programlisting>
send raw data to server without parsing

data: raw data to send

</programlisting>
<command>rehash</command>
<programlisting>
tell the server to reload its config file

</programlisting>
<command>restart</command>
<programlisting>
tell the server to restart itself

</programlisting>
<command>service  nickname reserved distribution type reserved info</command>
<programlisting>
register a new service

distribution: visibility of service
        type: reserved for future usage

</programlisting>
<command>servlist  [mask [type]]</command>
<programlisting>
list services currently connected to the network

mask: list only services matching this mask
type: list only services of this type

</programlisting>
<command>squery  service text</command>
<programlisting>
deliver a message to a service

service: name of service
text: text to send

</programlisting>
<command>squit  server comment</command>
<programlisting>
disconnect server links

server: server name
comment: comment for quit

</programlisting>
<command>stats  [query [server]]</command>
<programlisting>
query statistics about server

 query: c/h/i/k/l/m/o/y/u (see RFC1459)
server: server name

</programlisting>
<command>summon  user [target [channel]]</command>
<programlisting>
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

</programlisting>
<command>time  [target]</command>
<programlisting>
query local time from server

target: query time from specified server

</programlisting>
<command>topic  [channel] [topic]</command>
<programlisting>
get/set channel topic

channel: channel name
topic: new topic for channel (if topic is "-delete" then topic is deleted)

</programlisting>
<command>trace  [target]</command>
<programlisting>
find the route to specific server

target: server

</programlisting>
<command>unban  [channel] nickname [nickname ...]</command>
<programlisting>
unbans nicks or hosts

 channel: channel for unban
nickname: user or host to unban

</programlisting>
<command>userhost  nickname [nickname ...]</command>
<programlisting>
return a list of information about nicknames

nickname: nickname

</programlisting>
<command>users  [target]</command>
<programlisting>
list of users logged into the server

target: server

</programlisting>
<command>version  [server | nickname]</command>
<programlisting>
gives the version info of nick or server (current or specified)

  server: server name
nickname: nickname

</programlisting>
<command>voice  [nickname [nickname]]</command>
<programlisting>
gives voice to nickname(s)

</programlisting>
<command>wallops  text</command>
<programlisting>
send a message to all currently connected users who have set the 'w' user mode for themselves

text to send

</programlisting>
<command>who  [mask ["o"]]</command>
<programlisting>
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

</programlisting>
<command>whois  [server] nickname[,nickname]</command>
<programlisting>
query information about user(s)

  server: server name
nickname: nickname (may be a mask)

</programlisting>
<command>whowas  nickname [,nickname [,nickname ...]] [count [target]]</command>
<programlisting>
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

</programlisting>