glirc(1)

Usage

glirc [--config=PATH] [--noconnect] [--version] [--full-version] [--config-format] [--help] [network ...]

Overview

Glirc is a fully-featured console IRC client. It focuses on providing both high-detail and concise views of an IRC connection. It provides an advanced line-editing environment including syntax-highlighting, multi-line buffering, and argument placeholders.

Options

-c, --config=PATH: use PATH instead of ~/.config/glirc/config

-!, --noconnect: disable autoconnecting

-v, --version: print version information

--full-version: show detailed version information

--config-format: show configuration file format

-h, --help: show help message

network: networks to connect to on startup

Notes

Glirc has online documentation available inside with /help and online at https://github.com/glguy/irc-core/wiki

Files

~/.config/glirc/config: configuration file

~/.config/glirc/sts.cfg: Strict Transport Security state

Examples

Sample simple configuration file. More detail available at https://github.com/glguy/irc-core/wiki/Configuration-File

defaults:
nick: "glircuser"
tls: yes

servers:
* name: "libera"
hostname: "irc.libera.chat"

* name: "oftc"
hostname: "irc.oftc.net"

Releases

3 releases since Debian 11 (Bullseye); the text changed 1 time.

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