Commands

Client commands

• /help [command] - Show in-client help
• /exit - Terminate the client
• /quit - Gracefully terminate connection to the current server
• /connect <name> - Connect to the given server
• /disconnect - Forcefully terminate connection to the current server
• /reconnect - Reconnect to the current server
• /reload [path] - Load a new configuration file (optional path)
• /windows [filter] - List all open windows (filters: networks, channels, users)
• /palette - Show the client palette
• /mentions - Show all the highlighted lines across all windows
• /extension <extension name> <params...> - Send the given params to the named extension
• /exec [-n network] [-c channel] <command> <arguments...> - Execute a command, If no network or channel are provided send output to client window, if network and channel are provided send output as messages, if network is provided send output as raw IRC messages.
• /url [n] - Execute url-opener on the nth URL in the current window (defaults to first)
• /splits [focuses...] - Enable split-screen view. Focuses should be space delimited list of NETWORK:CHANNEL

Connection commands

• /nick <nick> - Change nickname
• /away <message> - Set away status

Window management

• /focus <server> - Change focus to server window
• /focus <server> <channel> - Change focus to channel window
• /clear [network] [channel] - Clear contents of current or specified window
• /ignore <nick> - Toggle ignore of a user
• /channel <channel> - Change focus to channel on current network (alias: /c)

Channel membership

• /join <channel> - Join a channel (alias: /j)
• /part - Part from current channel

Chat commands

• /msg <target> <msg> - Send a message on the current server to target
• /notice <target> <msg> - Send a notice message on the current server to target
• /ctcp <target> <command> <args> - Send a ctcp command on the current server to target
• /me <msg> - Send action message to channel
• /say <msg> - Send normal message to channel

Channel management

• /mode <mode> <params> - Change modes on the current channel (advanced tab completion)
• /kick <nick> - Kick a user
• /kickban <nick> - Kick and ban a user
• /remove - Gracefully kick a user
• /topic <topic> - Change the topic (tab completion for topic)
• /invite <nick> - Invite a user to the current channel

Queries

• /who <query> - Perform WHO query (use detailed view to see output)
• /whois <nick> - Perform WHOIS query
• /whowas <nick> - Perform WHOWAS query
• /ison <nick> - Perform ISON query
• /userhost <nick> - Perform USERHOST query
• /links <server> - Perform LINKS query
• /time - Perform TIME query
• /stats <query> - Perform STATS query

Channel information

• /users - Show channel user list
• /masks <mode> - Show channel bans(b), quiets(q), exempts(e), or invex(I)
• /channelinfo - Show channel topic, creation, url

Window filters

• /grep - Filter chat messages using a regular expression
• /grepi - Filter chat messages using a case-insensitive regular expression on the message

ZNC-specific

• /znc <module> <parameters> - send command to ZNC module without echoing to all clients
• /znc-playback - ZNC playback module - play everything
• /znc-playback <time> - ZNC playback module - play everything start at the given time today
• /znc-playback <date> <time> - ZNC playback module - play everything start at the given time

Low-level

• /quote <raw command> - Send a raw IRC command to the server