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

       -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

       /a [<message>]
              mark yourself as away

       /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)