---
name: "profanity-status"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "profanity"
version: "1:0.19.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/profanity-status"
---

# profanity-status(1)

## NAME

/status

## DESCRIPTION

/status get: Find out a contact, or room members presence information. /status set: set own status.

## SYNOPSIS

/status set \<state\> \["\<message\>"\]

/status get \<contact\>\|\<nick\>

## ARGUMENTS

**\<state\>**

Own status. Possible values: chat, online, away, dnd, xa

**\<message\>**

Optional message to use with the status. Needs quotation marks if it's more than one word.

**\<contact\>**

The contact who's presence you which to see.

**\<nick\>**

If in a chat room, the occupant who's presence you wish to see.

## EXAMPLES

/status get odin@valhalla.edda

/status get jon

/status set online