User Commands

• NICK

   Syntax: /NICK newnickname
   
   Changes your online nick name. Alerts others to the
   change of your nick
   
  

• WHOIS

   Syntax: /WHOIS nick
   
   Displays information of user requested. Includes Full
   Name, Host, Channels User is in, and Oper Status
   
  

• WHO

   Syntax: /WHO mask
   
   Who allows you to search for users. Masks include:
   nickname, #channel, hostmask (*.attbi.com)
   
  

• WHOWAS

   Syntax: /WHOWAS nick maxreplies
   
   Displays information on a nick that has logged off. The
   <max replies> field is optional, and limits how
   many records will be returned.
   
  

• ISON

   Syntax: /ISON nick1 nick2 nick3 ...
   
   Allows you to check the online status of a user, or a
   list of users. Simple return, best used for scripts
   
  

• JOIN

   Syntax: /JOIN channel1,channel2, ...
   
   Allows you to join channels. Using the /join
   #channel1,#channel2,#channel3 will allow you to join
   more than one channel at a time. The /join 0 command
   makes you PART all channels.
   
  

• CYCLE

   Syntax: /CYCLE channel1, channel2, ...
   
   Cycles the given channel(s). This command is equivalent
        to sending a PART then a JOIN command.
   
  

• MOTD

   Syntax: /MOTD server
   
   Displays the servers motd. Adding a server name allows
   you to view motd’s on other servers.
   
  

• RULES

   Syntax: /RULES server
   
   Displays the ircd.rules of a server. Adding a server
   name allows you to view rules on other servers
   
  

• LUSERS

   Syntax: /LUSERS server
   
   Displays current & max user loads, both global and
   local. Adding a server name   allows you to view the
   statistics from other servers.
   
  

• MAP

   Syntax: /MAP
   
   Displays a network map
   
  

• QUIT

   Syntax: /QUIT reason
   
   Causes you to disconnect from the server. If you
   include a reason, it will be displayed on all channels
   as you quit
   
  

• PING

   Syntax: /PING user
   
   Sends a PING request to a user. Used for checking
   connection and lag. Servers issue pings on a timed
   basis to determine if users are still connected.
   
  

• VERSION

   Syntax: /VERSION server
   
   Shows you the version of the IRCd and other
   info related to it. If you specify a server, you
   will be shown information relating to that server
   
  

• LINKS

   Syntax: /LINKS
   
   Displays a list of all servers linked to the network
   
  

• ADMIN

   Syntax: /ADMIN server
   
   Displays the admin info of a server. If a server name
   is included it will display the info of that server.
   
  

• USERHOST

   Syntax: /USERHOST nick
   
   Displays the userhost of the nick given. Generally used
   for scripts
   
  

• TOPIC

   Syntax: /TOPIC channel topic
   
   Topic <channel> will display the current topic of
   the given channel. Topic <channel> <topic>
   will change the topic of the given channel.
   
  

• AWAY

   Syntax: /AWAY reason
   
   Marks you as being away. A reason may also be supplied.
   
  

• WATCH

   Syntax: /WATCH +-nick +-nick
   
   Watch is a new notify-type system in UnrealIRCd which
   is both faster and uses less network resources than any
   old-style notify system. The server will send you a
   message when any nickname in your watch list logs on or
   off. The watch list DOES NOT REMAIN BETWEEN SESSIONS -
   you (or your script or client) must add the nicknames
   to your watch list every time you connect to an IRC
   server.
   
  

• HELPOP

   Syntax: /HELPOP ?topic or !topic
   
   HelpOp is a new system of getting IRC Server help. You
   type either /HELPOP ? <help system topic> or
   /HELPOP ! <question> The "?" in /HELPOP means
   query the help system and if you get no response you
   can choose '!' to send it to the Help Operators online.
   Using neither ? nor ! will mean the command will be
   first queried within the help system and if no match if
   found , it will be forwarded to the help operators
   
  

• LIST

   Syntax: /LIST search string
   
   If you don't include a search string, the default is to
   send you the entire unfiltered list of channels. Below
   are the options you can use, and what channels LIST
   will return when you use them.
   
   >number - List channels with more than <number> people.
   <number - List channels with less than <number> people.
   C>number - List channels created between now and <number> minutes ago.
   C<number - List channels created earlier than <number> minutes ago.
   T>number - List channels whose topics are older than <number>
   T<number - List channels whose topics are newer than <number> minutes.
   *mask* - List channels that match *mask*
   !*mask* - List channels that do not match *mask*
   
  

• KNOCK

   Syntax: /KNOCK channel message
   
   Allows you to ‘knock’ on an invite only
   channel and ask for access. Will not work if channel
   has one of the following modes set: +K +V. Will also
   not work if you are banned
   
  

• SETNAME

   Syntax: /SETNAME
   
   Allows users to change their ‘Real Name’
   without reconnecting
   
  

• VHOST

   Syntax: /VHOST login password
   
   Hides your host name by using a vhost provided by the
   server.
   
  

• MODE

   Syntax: /MODE chan/nick mode
   
   Lets you set channel and user modes. See User &
   Channel Modes for a list.
   
  

• CREDITS

   Syntax: /CREDITS
   
   Lists credits for everyone that has helped create
   UnrealIRCd
   
  

• LICENSE

   Syntax: /LICENSE
   
   Displays the GNU License
   
  

• TIME

   Syntax: /TIME server
   
   Displays the servers date and time. Including a server
   name allows you to check other servers.
   
  

• BOTMOTD

   Syntax: /BOTMOTD server
   
   Displays the servers bot message of the day. Including
   a server name allows you to check other servers
   
  

• IDENTIFY

   Syntax: /IDENTIFY password
   
   Sends your password to the services system to identify
   to your nick.
   
  

• IDENTIFY

   Syntax: /IDENTIFY channel password
   
   Sends your password to the services system to identify
   as the founder of a channel.
   
  

• DNS

   Syntax: /DNS option
   
   Returns information about the IRC server's DNS cache.
   Note, since most clients have a built-in DNS command,
   you will most likely need to use /raw DNS to use this.
   Opers may specify an l as the first parameter to the
   command  to receive a list of entries in the DNS cache.
   
  

• USERIP

   Syntax: /USERIP nick
   
   Returns the IP address of the user in question. This will be
   shown encrypted.
   
  

• STATS

   Syntax: /STATS option
   
   Not all of the following STATS options are available to regular users
   
   B - banversion - Send the ban version list
   b - badword - Send the badwords list
   C - link - Send the link block list
   d - denylinkauto - Send the deny link (auto) block list
   D - denylinkall - Send the deny link (all) block list
   e - exceptthrottle - Send the except throttle block list
   E - exceptban - Send the except ban and except tkl block list
   f - spamfilter - Send the spamfilter list
   F - denydcc - Send the deny dcc block list
   G - gline - Send the gline and gzline list
     Extended flags: [+/-mrs] [mask] [reason] [setby]
       m Return glines matching/not matching the specified mask
       r Return glines matching/not matching the specified reason
       s Return glines set by/not set by clients matching the specified name
   I - allow - Send the allow block list
   j - officialchans - Send the offical channels list
   K - kline - Send the ban user/ban ip/except ban block list
   l - linkinfo - Send link information
   L - linkinfoall - Send all link information
   M - command - Send list of how many times each command was used
   n - banrealname - Send the ban realname block list
   O - oper - Send the oper block list
   P - port - Send information about ports
   q - sqline - Send the SQLINE list
   Q - bannick - Send the ban nick block list
   r - chanrestrict - Send the channel deny/allow block list
   R - usage - Send usage information
   S - set - Send the set block list
   s - shun - Send the shun list
     Extended flags: [+/-mrs] [mask] [reason] [setby]
       m Return shuns matching/not matching the specified mask
       r Return shuns matching/not matching the specified reason
       s Return shuns set by/not set by clients matching the specified name
   t - tld - Send the tld block list
   T - traffic - Send traffic information
   u - uptime - Send the server uptime and connection count
   U - uline - Send the ulines block list
   v - denyver - Send the deny version block list
   V - vhost - Send the vhost block list
   X - notlink - Send the list of servers that are not current linked
   Y - class - Send the class block list
   z - zip - Send compression information about ziplinked servers
   Z - mem - Send memory usage information
   
  

• MODULE

   Syntax: /MODULE
   
   Lists all loaded modules