Quick Reference ADMIN displays information about a server AWAY leaves a message saying you're not paying attention BRACT sends the action to all channels. The same as doing /me in all channels BROADCAST sends the text to all channels. The same as typing normally it in to all channels CHANNEL joins a particular channel CLEAR clears the channel window CTCP performs certain client specific actions DATE shows server current date and time DCC handles direct connections to remote clients DESCRIBE sends anything about you to a person or channel DNS translates between IP addresses and DNS Names IGNORE causes messages from specific people to be ignored /ignore on its own causes the ignore list to be displayed From the ignore list you can add, delete and edit Ignore masks. The mask is a "filter" that determines what people are affected. You can also add or delete ignore masks from the input field. To add an ignore use: /ignore nick ALL/CTCP/MSGS/INVITES/NOTICES To remove an ignore use /ignore nick -ALL The command supports nicknames and userhost. INVITE invitate another user to join a channel - operator only parameters: [] use * or nothing for current channel JOIN joins a particular channel parameters: [-invite|[] To join multiple channels with one command, separate channel names by comma. There may not be spaces in the list. Use -invite to join the last channel you were invited to KICK removes someone from the channel Ops only LEAVE leave a channel use * for current channel LIST lists channels, number of users, topic Use the List Channels menu item in the File menu for best result MODE changes channel mode MOTD displays the server message-of-the-day MSG sends a private message NICK changes your nickname NOTICE sends a private message NOTIFY informs you of people logging in or out IRC You can add users to the notify list by dragging users or text from the channel to the list. use /notify or /notify + to add a nick. use /notify -nick, drag it to the trash or press delete to remove a nick from the list OPER used to obtain IRC operator privileges on a server This will only work if you are authorized to access the server. Syntax is /oper nick password PART leave a channel use * for current channel PING Used to find the response time (lag time) between you and another nickname. Can also be used to ping an entire channel by using the channel name as the parameter. Do not overdo that. Many people find it offensive. QUERY starts a private conversation QUIT exits your IRC session STATS shows some irc server usage statistics TIME shows server current date and time TOPIC changes the topic of the channel TRACE shows the server connections of the given machine USERS prints users logged on the server machine VERSION shows client and server version number WHO gives a listing of users. Wildcards are supported. Output goes to console window. [-switch[]] [] switch can be "OPERATORS", "LUSERS", "CHOPS", "HOST", "HERE", "AWAY", "SERVER", "NAME, "NICK" /WHO *.dk will return a list of all Danish users. If the user has a "+i" (invisible) flag set, he/she will not be listed. WHOIS displays information about a particular nick WHOWAS displays information about someone who just left