NAME

       ii - irc it or irc improved

SYNOPSIS

       ii -s host [-p port | -u sockname] [-i ircdir] [-n nickname] [-f realname] [-k env_pass]

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 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.

OPTIONS

       -s host
              server/host to connect to, for example: irc.freenode.net

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

       -u sockname
              connect to a UNIX domain socket instead of directly to a server.  If set, the -p  option  will  be
              ignored.

       -i ircdir
              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

       -k env_pass
              lets  you specify an environment variable that contains your IRC password, e.g. IIPASS="foobar" ii
              -k IIPASS.  This is done in order to prevent other users from eavesdropping  the  server  password
              via the process list.

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

       /a [message]
              mark yourself as away, with the optional message as an away reason.

       /j #channel [password]
              join a #channel, with the optional password.

       /j nickname [message]
              open private conversation with user nickname and directly send the optional message.

       /l [reason]
              leave a channel or query, giving the optional reason message.

       /n nick
              change the nick name to nick.

       /q [reason]
              quit ii, giving the optional reason message.

       /t topic
              set the topic of a channel with topic.

RAW COMMANDS

       Everything which is not a command will be posted into the channel or to the server.  So if you need  /who
       just write /WHO as described in RFC#1459 to the server in FIFO.

SSL/TLS PROTOCOL SUPPORT

       For SSL/TLS protocol support you can connect to a local tunnel, for example with stunnel or socat.

SEE ALSO

       echo(1), tail(1)

                                                     ii-2.0                                                II(1)