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These are a few basic commands to get you started. There are a lot
more, just look in the help file of your IRC program. All commands are proceeded with a /
(text to the channel is not proceeded by a /)
- You use the JOIN command to enter an IRC channel.
- ex. /join #duesouth
result: You join the channel #duesouth.
- These commands are used to leave a channel or quit IRC.
- ex. /part
result: You leave the channel that you are in.
ex. /part #duesouth
result: You leave the channel #duesouth.
ex. /leave
result: You leave the channel that you are in.
ex. /leave #duesouth
result: You leave the channel #duesouth.
ex. /quit
result: You quit IRC.
- You use the NICK command to change your nickname in IRC
- ex. /nick gdh
result: Your nickname is now gdh.
- The TOPIC command allows you to change the channel's topic. The topic is
listed when you list the channels that are active in IRC, and may also appear when you are
in the channel.
- ex. /topic #duesouth Shakin' peaches
result: The topic of the channel #duesouth is now "Shakin'
peaches"
- The ME command allows you to perform "actions" as well as type
text.
- ex. /me smiles at
Fraser.
result: A line of text appears that says: Jedi-Jazz smiles at
Fraser. That is, if your nickname is Jedi-Jazz. If your nickname were misscleo, it would
say: misscleo smiles at Fraser.
- The WHOIS command allows you to find out who is hiding behind a nickname.
- ex. /whois Peaches
result: You will see a listing of information about Peaches: her
name, address, server that she's connected to, etc. Much of this information, however, is
supplied by the user, so it may or may not be present and may or may not be truthful.
- The PING command allows you to find out how badly lagged you are (see lag
& splits, below). The ping time is the time it takes for a signal to travel from your
terminal across a connection of servers to another person's terminal and then back to you.
- ex. /ping beeblbrox
result: You will get a message telling you how long it took for a
message to get from you to beeblbrox and back.
ex. /ping #duesouth
result: You will ping everyone in #duesouth. Useful in finding out
whether you are lagged or someone else is lagged (if you are lagged, you will get high
numbers for everyone; if someone else is lagged, you will only get a high number for
them).
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