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tinyirc(1)

A tiny IRC client

NAME

tinyirc - A tiny IRC client

SYNOPSIS

  tinyirc [-d] nick [server [port]]

DESCRIPTION

A stripped down IRC client, providing basic IRC commands. Please note that this is bare bones IRC client which has no editing capabilities other than backspace to correct typing. No command history (cursor up, down) or word editing (cursor left, left).

OPTIONS

-h, --help

Display short help.

-d, --dumb

Dumb mode. Do not use the curses interface; simply write to stdout and read commands from stdin.

EXAMPLES

Join Freenode:

    tinyirc mynick irc.freenode.org

ENVIRONMENT

IRCSERVER

Sets the default server to connect to. Format is HOST[:PORT].

IRCNICK

Sets the default nickname to use.

FILES

None.

STANDARDS

RFC 1459

SEE ALSO

irssi(1)

AUTHORS

Program was written by Nathan Laredo <[email protected]>.

This manual page was written by Decklin Foster <[email protected]>. Updated by <[email protected]>. Released under license GNU GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version. For more information about the license, visit <http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html>.

History

--dumb since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --help since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -d since Debian 8 (Jessie); -h since Debian 11 (Bullseye).

-dumb until Debian 7 (Wheezy).