irssi
irssi
TLDR
Open Irssi and connect to a server with a nickname
Open Irssi and connect with a specific server on a given port
View the help
Join a channel
Change active window (starts at 1)
Exit the application cleanly and quitting any server(s)
SYNOPSIS
irssi [--config=PATH] [--home=PATH] [-dv!?] [-c server] [-p port] [-n nickname] [-w password] [-h hostname]
DESCRIPTION
Irssi is a modular Internet Relay Chat client; it is highly extensible and very secure. Being a fullscreen, termcap based client with many features, Irssi is easily extensible through scripts and modules.
OPTIONS
- --config=FILE
-
use FILE instead of ~/.irssi/config
- --home=PATH
-
PATH specifies the home directory of Irssi; default is ~/.irssi
- -c, --connect=SERVER
-
connect to SERVER
- -w, --password=PASSWORD
-
use PASSWORD for authentication.
- -p, --port=PORT
-
automatically connect to PORT on server.
- -!, --noconnect
-
disable autoconnecting of servers
- -n, --nick=NICKNAME
-
specify NICKNAME as your nick
- -h, --hostname=HOSTNAME
-
use HOSTNAME for your irc session
- -v, --version
-
display the version of Irssi
- -?, --help
-
show a help message
FILES
- ~/.irssi/config
-
personal configuration file
- ~/.irssi/config.autosave
-
automatic save of the personal config file when it was changed externally
- ~/.irssi/default.theme
-
default irssi theme
- ~/.irssi/away.log
-
logged messages in away status
- ~/.irssi/scripts/
-
default scripts directory
- ~/.irssi/scripts/autorun/
-
directory containing links to scripts that should be loaded automatically on startup
- ~/.irssi/startup
-
file containing a list of commands to execute on startup
AUTHORS/CREDITS
Irssi was written by Timo Sirainen; this manpage was written by Istvan Sebestyen, Stefan Tomanek, Geert Hauwaerts.
SEE ALSO
Irssi has a solid amount of documentation available; check /HELP or look online at https://irssi.org