Advanced IRC commands

See http://www.antionline.com/showthread...hreadid=137369 for basic commands.

These are more usefull advanced commands. Most people will never use many of these commands, but they are good to know at times. Some are limited to channel ops.

WHO Command
Searches User Information (-i users only) for supplied information.
Syntax: WHO <mask>
WHO <nickname>
WHO <#channel>

WHOWAS Command
Retrieves previous 'WHOIS' information for users no longer connected to the server.
Syntax: WHOWAS <nickname>

RULES Command
Reads the ircd.rules file and sends the contents to the user.
Syntax: RULES

LUSERS Command
Provides Local and Global user information.
Syntax: LUSERS

MAP Command
Provides a "Network Map" of the IRC network. Mainly used for routing purposes.
Syntax: MAP

STATS Command
Provides certain Statistical information about the server. See the flags addendum I will soon be writing.
Syntax: STATS <flags>

LINKS Command
Lists all of the servers currently linked to the network.
Syntax: LINKS

ADMIN Command
Provides Administrative information regarding the server.
Syntax: ADMIN <server>

TOPIC Command
Sets/Changes the topic of the channel in question, or just display the current Topic.
Syntax: TOPIC <channel>
TOPIC <channel> <topic>

INVITE Command
Sends a user an invitation to join a particular channel. Channel operator only.
Syntax: INVITE <user> <channel>

KICK Command
Removes a user from a channel. Can only be used by Operators or Half-Ops.
Syntax: KICK <channel> <user> <reason>

AWAY Command
Sets your online status to "Away".
Syntax: AWAY <reason> (Marks you as 'Away' with the reason given)
AWAY (Un-marks you as 'Away')

HELPOP Command
Get help on IRC commands.
Syntax: HELPOP

KNOCK Command
For channels which are invite only, you can "Knock" on the channel to request an invite.
Syntax: KNOCK <channel> <message>

MODE Command
Sets a mode on a Channel or User. See the flags addendum I will soon be writing.
Syntax: MODE <channel/user> <mode>

SILENCE Command
Ignores messages from a user or list of users at the Server itself.
Syntax: SILENCE +<nickname> (Adds a nickname to SILENCE list).
SILENCE -<nickname> (Removes a nickname from the SILENCE list).
SILENCE (Lists the current SILENCE list)

IDENTIFY Command
An alias to allow you to identify to NickServ or ChanServ with your password.
Syntax: IDENTIFY <password>

I would like to remind people that most of the commands are for IRC versions 6 and above. Silence, I am a little unsure about the Knock and Rules commands. I tried putting them into both 5.9 and 6.0 versions of IRC but both said unknown commands. But an excellent post none-the-less. I'll be awaiting your next tutorial.

The version depends on your cleint... your probably thinking of a certain client that is 6.0, but the knock command works well in most clients that i know of, the rules command however doesnt work all the time.