Since the vast majority of channels have just one or two people in them, and you usually want to find rooms with a lot of people in them and a lively conversation, one of the most useful things you can do is get a listing of channels with a minimum number of users with the “min” option. You can type /set hold_mode off to turn the page feature off. This option will provide a listing that consists of one screen at a time. You can obtain a page by page list by typing /set hold_mode on before you enter the list command. On larger networks there are often thousands of different channels on different subjects, which is often too many to read, so you can employ the following tricks to get listings that are actually usable: The listing report shows the channel name, the number of people connected to each channel, and sometimes a comment or description associated with the channel. Once you are connected, you can obtain a list of the channels on that network with the /list command:

The /list command enables you to find only the channels with a certain number of members, a very useful feature on a network with hundreds of chat rooms.Įach IRC network supports many different channels.

Mirc chat commands