.TH IRCRC 1
.SH NAME
ircrc \- internet relay chat client
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ircrc
[
.B -p
.I port
]
[
.B -r
.I realname
]
[
.B -t
.I target
]
[
.B -n
.I nick
]
[
.I server
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Ircrc
is an IRC client.
Messages are sent from stdin and received from stdout.
The default server is
.BR irc.freenode.net .
The options are:
.TP
.BI -p " port
Change the default port
.RB ( 6667 ).
.TP
.BI -r " realname
Change the default name
.RB ( <nil> ).
.TP
.BI -t " target
Set the target channel.
.TP
.BI -n " nick
Change the default nickname
.RB ( $user ).
.SS Commands
.I Ircrc
understands the following commands:
.TP
.BI /! " cmd
Send the output of the shell command
.I cmd
to the current target.
.TP
.B /M
.B MODE
command.
.TP
.B /N
.B NOTICE
command.
.TP
.B /T
.B TOPIC
command.
.TP
.B /W
.B WHOIS
command.
.TP
.B /a
.B AWAY
command.
.TP
.B /j
.B JOIN
command.
.TP
.B /l
.B LIST
command.
.TP
.B /m
.B PRIVMSG
command.
.TP
.B /n
.B NICK
command.
.TP
.B /p
.B PART
command.
.TP
.BI /q " cmd
Send the raw IRC command
.I cmd
to the server.
.TP
.BI /t " target
Set the current target.
Messages are sent to
.I target
unless they are commands.
.TP
.B /u
.B USERS
command.
.TP
.B /w
.B WHO
command.
.TP
.B /x
.B QUIT
command.
.PP
Anything else is sent as a message to the current target.
See RFC 1459 and RFC 2812 for detailed information about
IRC commands.
.SH EXAMPLES
Default usage:
.IP
.EX
% ircrc
.EE
.PP
Join
.B irc.oftc.net
as a different user:
.IP
.EX
% ircrc -r glenda -n glenda irc.oftc.net
.EE
.SH SOURCE
.B /rc/bin/ircrc
.SH SEE ALSO
.B http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1459
.br
.B http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2812
.SH BUGS
.I Ircrc
cannot join channels upon login (the
.B -t
flag only sets the target, it doesn't join the channel).
.PP
.I Ircrc
does not filter out the
.B ^B
character that is sent by nickserv when asking for
identification.
.PP
Some fonts do not support the nickname delimiters.
.PP
.I Ircrc
does not output messages received from the server when
.B /net/tcp/[0-9]/status
does not match the regular expression
.BR /^Established.*/ .