Basic IRC Commands
- For help registering your nickname, see the NickServ page.
- For help registering your channel, see the ChanServ page.
Welcome to The EsperNet IRC Network. IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat, a internet-based chat medium consisting of clients (users like you) and an interconnected network of servers as the medium for chat. In addition to this page, you may also find this primer [irchelp.org] helpful.
To connect to EsperNet, you'll first need an IRC client. Check out this page [ircreviews.org] to find a client for your system. Alternatively you can connect using our web browser client at webchat.esper.net
Once you have your client installed, type this into it to get on EsperNet:
/SERVER irc.esper.net 5555
Once you're on EsperNet, you'll need a few basic commands to get started. Note, all the commands in this list must be prefixed with a forward-slash (/). For example, JOIN, takes the form:
/JOIN
All commands listed here are not case sensitve, and are just capitlized for clarity.
| Command | Usage and Description |
|---|---|
| JOIN | JOIN [#channel]
Joins the requested channel. Example: /JOIN #esper |
| PART | PART [#channel] [reason]
Leaves the requested channel. If reason is provided, it will be announced in your part message. Example: /PART #esper See-ya! |
| ME | ME [is doing this]
Announces the text like an action, e.g; Example: /ME is reading email |
| MSG | MSG [nickname] [message]
This command is also called QUERY. Sends a private message to nick. Example: /MSG NickServ HELP |
| WHOIS | WHOIS [nickname]
Displays brief, useful information about the target user such as their hostname, public channels they are in, as well as what NickServ account they are identfied to. /WHOIS Thomas |
| MODE | MODE [nickname/#channel] [+/- modes]
This command can be used both on yourself, as a user, or on a channel you have channel operator status on. For a list of all availbe channel modes, issue the command /QUOTE help cmode, or /QUOTE help cmode for channel modes. Examples: /MODE Thomas +g /MODE #esper +mk |