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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 (C) 2005-2006 by Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam (at) gmail (dot)
       com> and Copyright (C) 2005-2008 by Nico Golde <nico (at) ngolde (dot)
       de>

SEE ALSO
       echo(1), tail(1),

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