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NAME

       ii - irc it or irc improved

DESCRIPTION

       ii  is a minimalistic FIFO and filesystem based IRC client.  It creates
       an irc directory tree with server, channel and nick  name  directories.
       In  every  directory  a  FIFO  file  (in)  and and normal file (out) is
       placed. This will be for example ~/irc/irc.freenode.net/.  The in  file
       is  used to communicate with the servers and the out files includes the
       server messages. For every channel and every nick name  there  will  be
       new  in  and  out  files.   The  basic  idea  of  this is to be able to
       communicate with an IRC server with  basic  command  line  tools.   For
       example  if you will join a channel just do echo "/j #channel" > in and
       ii creates a new channel directory with in and out file.

SYNOPSIS

       ii [-s servername] [-p port] [-k password] [-i  prefix]  [-n  nickname]
       [-f realname]

OPTIONS

       -s servername
              lets you override the default servername (irc.freenode.net)

       -p port
              lets you override the default port (6667)

       -k password
              lets  you use a password to authenticate your nick on the server
              (be aware of the problem that this is  visible  in  the  process
              list,  if  you  don’t  want  this  use  a  query  to submit your
              password)

       -i prefix
              lets you override the default irc path (~/irc)

       -n nickname
              lets you override the default nick ($USER)

       -f realname
              lets you specify your real name associated with your nick

DIRECTORIES

       ~/irc  In this  directory  the  irc  tree  will  be  created.  In  this
              directory  you  will  find a directory for your server (default:
              irc.freenode.net) in which the FIFO and the output file will  be
              stored.   If you join a channel a new directory with the name of
              the channel will be created in the ~/irc/$servername/ directory.

COMMANDS

       /j #channel/nickname [<message>]
              join a channel or open private conversation with user

       /l #channel/nickname
              leave a channel or query

       /n nick
              change the nick name

       /t topic
              set the topic of a channel

       Everything  which  is  not  a  command  will  simply be posted into the
       channel or to the server.
              So  if  you need /who just write /WHO as described in the RFC to
              the server in FIFO.

       out file usage
              Write wrappers, pagers or use your tools of  choice  to  display
              the out file contents (loco, multitail, etc.).

CONTACT

       Write  to  ii  (at) modprobe (dot) de for suggestions, fixes, 7|-|>< ;)
       etc.

AUTHORS

       Copyright © 2005-2006 by Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam (at) gmail (dot) com>
       and Copyright © 2005-2008 by Nico Golde <nico (at) ngolde (dot) de>

SEE ALSO

       echo(1), tail(1),

                                                                         ii(1)