Synopsis: who [<switch> [<arg>] [<switch> [<arg>] ...]] [<glob pattern>] Description: The WHO command is used to retrieve detailed information about every user on irc. For each user, it returns a single line containing their nickname, address (user@hostname), realname (IRCNAME), what their current channel is (and whether they have +o or +v there), whether they are marked away, and whether they are an irc operator. The data returned can be filtered by the client in a number of ways. It can be set to return only users who are marked away, people with a certain username, or users on a specific server. For large queries, the data can also be conveniently dumped to a file for later viewing. Options: -operators returns irc operators -lusers returns non-irc operators -chops returns channel operators -nick <nickname> returns info for the given nickname only -name <username> returns info for the given username only -host <hostname> returns info for the given hostname only -server <servername> returns info for the given servername only -here returns users who are not away -away returns users who are away -file <filename> compare file contents to each line of output Examples: To list all irc operators on servers from foo.com: /who -o -s *.foo.com To list the channel operators on channel #blah, which you are on: /who -c #blah To list all users from Russia, saving it to a file: /who -h *.ru -f ru.users See Also: on(5) who; whois(2) Restrictions: There are some limitations to the data returned by WHO. For instance, it will not show users who have user mode +i set, unless that user's nickname is explicitly and unambiguously specified. Similarly, it will mask channels with mode +p set, and will not show +s channels at all. These limits do now apply, however, if the user in question is on a like channel with the querying client, or if the client is on a channel for which data is queried. Other Notes: The various command line switches detailed above may be abbreviated, as shown in the examples, so line as the abbreviations are unambiguous. For instance, -n may not be used, since it matches -nick and -name. Use of the -file switch is not recommended, unless you know that the WHO output will be minimal. This is because the client reads the entire file specified for each line of output, which is obviously quite inefficient, to say nothing of being rather abusing to your filesystem.