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NAME

Irssi - a modular IRC client for UNIX

SYNOPSIS

irssi [--config=PATH] [--home=PATH] [-dv!?] [-c server] [-p port] [-n
nickname] [-w password] [-h hostname]

DESCRIPTION

Irssi is a modular Internet Relay Chat client; it is highly
extensible and very secure. Being a fullscreen, termcap based client
with many features, Irssi is easily extensible through scripts and
modules.

OPTIONS

--config=FILE
use FILE instead of ~/.irssi/config

--home=PATH
PATH specifies the home directory of Irssi; default is
~/.irssi

-c, --connect=SERVER
connect to SERVER

-w, --password=PASSWORD
use PASSWORD for authentication.

-p, --port=PORT
automatically connect to PORT on server.

-!, --noconnect
disable autoconnecting of servers

-n, --nick=NICKNAME
specify NICKNAME as your nick

-h, --hostname=HOSTNAME
use HOSTNAME for your irc session

-v, --version
display the version of Irssi

-?, --help
show a help message

SEE ALSO

Irssi has a solid amount of documentation available; check /HELP or
look online at https://irssi.org

FILES

~/.irssi/config
personal configuration file

~/.irssi/config.autosave
automatic save of the personal config file when it was changed
externally

~/.irssi/default.theme
default irssi theme

~/.irssi/away.log
logged messages in away status

~/.irssi/scripts/
default scripts directory

~/.irssi/scripts/autorun/
directory containing links to scripts that should be loaded
automatically on startup

~/.irssi/startup
file containing a list of commands to execute on startup

AUTHORS/CREDITS
Irssi was written by Timo Sirainen; this manpage was written by
Istvan Sebestyen, Stefan Tomanek, Geert Hauwaerts.

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