---
name: "ari-yahoo"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ari-yahoo"
version: "1.10-2"
release: "Debian 3.0 (Woody)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ari-yahoo"
---

# ari-yahoo(1)

simple text-based Yahoo messenger client

## NAME

ari-yahoo - simple text-based Yahoo messenger client

## SYNOPSIS

**ari-yahoo** "\<username\>"

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **ari-yahoo** commands. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

The program is run like:\
 **ari-yahoo** \<username\>\
 where \<username\> is your Yahoo! ID.  You will then be asked for a password, which will not be displayed as you type it.  The program will then log you in to Yahoo Messenger.  The prompt consists of an ID followed by a colon (':') and an area to type your input.  If no ID has been selected, '\<none\>' is displayed.  Commands begin with a forward slash ('/'), and anything that you type that does not begin with a slash is sent as a message to the presently-selected Yahoo! ID.  Incoming messages, status updates, connection and disconnection notifications, and other things of interest will be displayed.

The following commands are available:

- **/help**

  Shows a list of commands.

- **/who**

  Shows a list of friends, with an asterisk ('\*') before each connected user and their status displayed when necessary in square brackets after their Yahoo! ID.

- **/query \<ID\>**

  Selects the given ID as the new target for messages, or, if no ID is given, deselects the presently targeted ID.

- **/status \<#\>**

  Changes your status.  Without a status number or with an invalid status number, it will give a list of available statuses.

- **/quit**

  Quits the program and logs out of Yahoo Messenger.

## AUTHOR

**ari-yahoo** was written by Ari Johnson \<ari@lusis.org\>. This manual page was written by Gopal Narayanan \<gopal@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).