BASIC IRC COMMANDS
 

Irc has a nice gui but to get the most out of it requires knowning the
commands,so here is a few commands:
 

/ADMIN
Displays the administrative details about a server.


/AWAY <away-message>
Leave a message explaining that you are not currently paying attention to IRC. EXAMPLE:
/AWAY getting coffee, be back in 5 mins = You have been marked as being away
[ if somebody does /whois YourNick now, they will get the 3 lines like
above, plus a final line saying "*** YourNick is away: getting coffee,
be back in 5 mins". ]

/AWAY without any additional argument will remove the away-message.
EXAMPLE:
/AWAY = You are no longer marked as being away

/BAN <#channel> <nick[!user@host]> <maskmode>
Bans a particular nick from EVER joining the specified channel, until /UNBANned.

/FINGER <user@host>
EXAMPLE: /finger [email protected] Used to look at information
about a user, generally by their E-mail address, using the UNIX FINGER protocol.T
he information returned by this command will depend on what information each
individual host wishes to make public about their users.


/INVITE <nick> <#channel>
Invites another user to a channel. If no channel is specified, your current channel
is used. In that case, you have to be on a channel for this to work. If you
receive an /INVITE message, you may then type /JOIN <#channel> to go there.


/JOIN <#channel>
Changes your current channel to the channel specified. If the channel does not exist
already, it will be created and you will be the new channel operator.

/KICK <#channel> <nick> <your comment>
Forces the client <nick> to be removed from the channel.

/LEAVE <#channel>
Leaves the specified channel, or if not channel is specified, leaves the current channel.


/LINKS <server.address>
The LINKS command shows all the servers currently on your network.


/LIST
Lists all current irc channels, number of users, and topic.


/LUSERS
Gives a brief listing of the number of users, the number of servers and the number of operators.


/ME <action>
EXAMPLE: /me does the Macarena. The /me command is used to describe an action.
Your nick will automatically be inserted and the text will appear differently
than normal channel messages. This command can be used in channels or private
message windows and dcc chats.


/MODE <#channel> +(or)-<modechars> <parameters>
Sets the mode for the channel, private, invite, secret & more
Expanded info under post listing "OPS STUFF"


/MOTD
Gives the message-of-the-day for a server.


/MSG <nick> <your message>
Use the /MSG command to send someone a message that only that person can read.
To answer to such a message, you have two options:
1. You type /MSG <nick_of_person_who_sent_you_the_message> <reply>
2. You type /MSG , <reply>
The comma (,) is an abbreviation for "last person who sent me a message".
In a similar fashion, the dot (.) in a /MSG command is an abbreviation for
"last person to whom I sent a message".


/NAMES <#channel>
Shows the nicknames of all users on that channel


/NICK <new_nick>

Change your nickname.


/PART <#channel>
Parts the channel, but remain on the IRC. When you leave, all other channel
members will be notified of your departure.


/PING <nick> and /CTCP <nick> PING
These commands are used to determine the length of time it takes to send a
signal to another person on IRC and then back again.

/QUERY <nick>
You can have a private conversation by using /MSG <nick> repeatedly,
but that can get cumbersome. That's where the QUERY command comes in handy.

/QUIT <your farewell message>
Exits IRC (also leaves any channels you may be on).
EXAMPLE: /QUIT hasta la vista, baby! = *** Signoff: YourNick (hasta la vista, baby!)


/TIME
Displays the current (local) time on the server machine.


/TOPIC <#channel> <new topic for channel>
Changes the topic for channel.


/WHOIS <nick>
Shows the "real name" behind a nick, any public channels s/he may be on, and the server s/he is using.


/WHOWAS <nick>
Provides the same basic information as /whois but can be used for a limited time after
the person has left IRC or has changed their nickname.

additional commands to learn
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ADDBUTTON AWAY BAN CLEAR CLOSE
CTCP COUNTRY CYCLE DCC DEBUG
DELBUTTON DEOP DEVOICE DISCON DNS
ECHO EXEC EXECKILL EXECSTOP EXECCONT
EXECWRITE GATE HELP IGNORE INVITE
JOIN KICK KICKBAN LASTLOG LISTDLL
LOAD LOADDLL MDEOP MKICK MKICKB
ME MSG NAMES NCTCP NEWSERVER
NICK NOTICE NOTIFY OP PART
PING PKILL PLIST PLOAD QUERY
QUIT QUOTE RECONNECT RMDLL SAY
SCPINFO SET SETTAB SERVCHAN SERVER
TOPIC UNBAN UNIGNORE UNLOADALL WALLCHOP
WALLCHAN VOICE


Type /HELP <command> for more information, or /HELP -l


User defined commands:


ACTION ALIAS BANLIST CHAT DIALOG
DMSG EXIT J KILL LEAVE
M ONOTICE RAW SERVHELP SV
UMODE UPTIME VER VERSION WALLOPS

one other thing to note is unix and windows irc commands are slightly
different sometimes for help type /help in your irc client.