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- Synopsis:
- names [<switch> [<arg>] [<switch> [<arg>] ...]] [<channel>]
-
- Description:
- NAMES returns a list of users on the specified channel. The user list
- will include a + or @ prepended to those nicks that are +v or +o in
- that channel, respectively.
-
- If an exact channel name is given, only information about that channel
- is returned. If a '*' is used as the channel name, the current
- channel is used. Otherwise, the client will request a NAMES listing
- for all known channels.
-
- The client can search for specific channels or channels with certain
- characteristics. If a glob pattern is given for the channel name, all
- channels matching that pattern are shown. The list can be limited to
- channels with only a certain number of users, or those that are private
- or public. Multiple switches may be used at once.
-
- NAMES output is affected by channel modes. If a channel has mode +p,
- then its name will be masked in the output. However, it can still be
- displayed normally if the exact channel name is known. If the channel
- has mode +s, then it will not appear in any NAMES output, whether the
- exact name is known or not. These limitations only apply to users not
- on the channels in question (i.e. a user on a +s channel can use NAMES
- for that channel normally).
-
- Options:
- -min <n> shows channels with no less than n users
- -max <n> shows channels with no more than n users
- -public shows public channels only
- -private shows private channels only
- -all overrides any previous -public or -private switch
-
- Examples:
- To show users on all channels with 3 to 15 users:
- /names -min 3 -max 15
-
- To show users on public channels with "help" in the name:
- /names -public #*help*
-
- See Also:
- on(5) names
-
- Other Notes:
- Unless a specific channel name is given, the client will send a NAMES
- request for all channels and filter the output locally. This is worth
- noting because large networks can easily have upwards of 2,000 channels
- at any given moment. Parse such a large list will greatly slow the
- client.
-
-