Jonstep101010/42_irc

launch server

# ./ircserv <port> <password>
./ircserv 9191 test

nc/netcat (using localhost)

connect

# nc -C <ip> <port>
# `-C` tells nc to send CRLF (`\r\n`) line terminations
# `-c` tells nc to send CRLF (`\r\n`) line terminations **MacOS only**
nc -C localhost 9191

authenticate

# PASS provides our password
PASS test

register

# we provide our chosen nickname
NICK netcat
# we tell the server our username `ncname`
USER netcat 8 * :ncname
# we should receive a welcome message now
# :0.0.0.0 001 netcat :Welcome to the IRC server!

respond to PING

timeout for getting disconnected is 60 seconds

# ping from server for timeout
PING netcat
# respond to server
PONG

send a message

PRIVMSG <nick/#channel> :<message>

# send a message to the client with the nickname bob
PRIVMSG bob :Hello, World!
# send a message to the channel `potato-lovers`
PRIVMSG #potato-lovers :Hello, World!

IRSSI client

connect to server

optional: using config

# located at `~/.irssi/config`
# copy config after launching irssi the first time (to create ~/.irssi directory)
cp ./config ~/.irssi/config

connect with launch arguments

# irssi -c <ip> -p <port> -w <password>
irssi -c localhost -p 9191 -w test

file transfer using DCC

# user one sends a PRIVMSG offering up the file to user two
/dcc SEND Bob filename
# user two accepts the file from user one
/dcc GET Alice

channels only: bot usage

# get the commands available
!help

Commands example

Feature	Command in nc	Command in irssi
Join/Create channel	JOIN #<channel>	/join #<channel>
Set channel invite only	MODE #<channel> +i	/mode #<channel> +i
Kick user from channel	KICK #<channel> <user_nick>	/kick #<channel> <user_nick>