Basic IRC Commands The commands presented here are the ones most commonly supported by most IRC clients. /join (some channel) use this to join a channel /part (some channel) use this to part a channel :( /quit (some message) use this to quit IRC with an optional message /whois (some nickname) use this to get info on the nickname Chibi /names (some channel) use this to show nicknames of users on a channel /msg (some nickname) (some message) use this to send a private message "hello" to Chibi /nick (some new nickname) use this to change nicknames /me (some action description) use this to perform "actions" like smiling in a channel /away (some description why you are away) use this to tell people that you're not on the computer. To tell them you're back, type /away /ignore (some nickname) use this to ignore someone's comments to you /mode (your current nickname) +i use this to be in the invisible mode. This is useful to prevent some unsolicited messages from strangers who are not in the same channels you are.