Irssi − a modular IRC client for UNIX
irssi [--config=PATH] [--home=PATH] [-dv!?] [-c server] [-p port] [-n nickname] [-w password] [-h hostname]
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.
−−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
Irssi has a solid amount of documentation available; check /HELP or look online at https://irssi.org
˜/.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
Irssi was written by Timo Sirainen; this manpage was written by Istvan Sebestyen, Stefan Tomanek, Geert Hauwaerts.