IRC Most Used Commands

Useful IRC Commands

Some IRC commands are

/join <channel> : Joins a new channel , example /join #hello
/whois <nick> : Returns information about the nick
/mode <channel> <newmode> : Changes a channel mode ( see Channel Control )
/kick <channel> <user> [reason] : Removes a user from a channel ( you must be operator to issue /kick in that channel
/part <channel> : Leaves from a channel
/topic <channel> [newtopic] : Changes a channel topic .
/me [message] or /action [message] : Sends an "action" to a channel
/quit [reason] : Quits the IRC server
/msg <target> <message> : Sends a message to a nick

I won't describe commands designed for IRC operators , since they already know them :)

To see the full set of IRC commands, see the RFC1459 .

To see the IRCX set commands , see the IRCX Draft