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Irssi(1)                               General Commands Manual                              Irssi(1)

NAME
       Irssi - a modular IRC client for UNIX

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

SEE ALSO
       Irssi has a  solid  amount  of  documentation  available;  check  /HELP  or  look  online  at
       https://irssi.org

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.

Irssi IRC client                              June 2015                                     Irssi(1)