profanity-msg(1)

profanity-msg1

Usage

/msg <contact> [<message>]

/msg <nick> [<message>]

Overview

Send a one to one chat message, or a private message to a chat room occupant. If the message is omitted, a new chat window will be opened without sending a message. Use quotes if the nickname includes spaces.

Arguments

<contact>

Open chat window with contact, by JID or nickname.

<contact> [<message>]

Send message to contact, by JID or nickname.

<nick>

Open private chat window with chat room occupant.

<nick> [<message>]

Send a private message to a chat room occupant.

Examples

/msg [email protected] Hey, here's a message!

/msg [email protected]

/msg Thor Here is a private message

/msg "My Friend" Hi, how are you?

Releases

4 releases since Debian 11 (Bullseye); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 11
  2. 12
  3. 13
  4. Arch

From profanity 1:0.19.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Also shipped by profanity-gtk. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.