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General Information

Commands For All Users

Commands For Channel Operators (ChanOps)

Commands For IRC Operators (IRCops)

General Information

To merely say something in a channel, just type it or type:

/say Whatever it is that you wish to say

They /say is redundant really and is rarely of use unless

1. You want to say something starting with a / which would otherwise be interpretted as a command
2. You want to say something in an alias or script

Commands For All Users

• Lists all the channels available

• Joins the channel named #Channel

• Lists the names of the people on each channel if no channel name is given and all those on the channel specified if a channel name is given

• Does the action "does an action". The result of this depends on the client of the person viewing the action but for most it has a result of either: * Your_nickname does an action or ACTION: Your_nickname does an action. Actions are commonly used to bring an added dimension to the conversation. They allow people to express what they are feeling or doing at the moment without saying, for example "I'm grinning right now"

• Sends a private message, "message", to Nickname

• An action that only "destination" sees where "destination" can be a user or channel

• This executes an OS (operating system) command, "OS_command" from within IRC

• This executes an OS (operating system) command, "OS_command" from within IRC and redirects the output to the current channel

• Redirects the resultant output of the command "/command" to the user or channel "destination"

Commands For Channel Operators

• Shows you the topic if you specify no topic to be set, and sets the topic to "topic" if one is specified. One or the other of the commands above should work

• Kicks "Nickname" off the channel "#Channel" and uses the optional message as an explanation as to the reason for the kick

• Bestows operator status on "Nickname". To deop someone, merely replace the + with a -

• Bans the specified individual from the channel. The * and ? wildcards may be used and to unban, type the same command but replace + with -

• This changes the modes on the channel "#Channel". Some examples are:
  • +t -- Topics may only be changed by channel operators
  • +n -- No messages to the channel
  • +i -- Invite only channel
  • +s -- Secret channel
  • +p -- Private channel
  • +k passwd -- Password protects #Channel with the password "passwd"

Commands For IRC Operators

• Kills a user totally from the server that they are on and gives them the reason, "reason", that they have been killed