Alis
While IRCnet has not been offering nickname or channel registration services
since 1994, there exists a special connection class called a “Service”, which
can be queried using the “/SQUERY” command. The only currently active service
is called Alis and serves as a replacement for the old and unflexible “/LIST”.
If your IRC client does not support the SQUERY command, you can manually
submit a request to Alis (or other services, should there be any in the future)
by using /quote SQUERY Alis :your command here
Please note that in this case the :-sign after the Service name is important,
otherwise it won’t work and you will get the following error message or
something similar instead:
-Alis(hub.uk)- You didn't specify a channel mask.
-Alis(hub.uk)- Your query contains 1 errors. Use /SQUERY Alis HELP LIST
Alis
Alis is a channel listing service. Unlike /LIST, Alis supports searching for
channels that match certain criteria, like a mask (#*irc* lists all channel
where the name contains irc) or by the number of people (-min 60 lists only
channels with more than 60 people inside)
The alis help text is quite descriptive:
/SQUERY Alis LIST mask [-options]
Searches for a channel
mask channels to search for, * and ? wildcards accepted
options:
-min x minimum users on a channel
-max x maximum users on a channel
-m mode check against channel mode
+tn means channel has tn set
-im means channel has im unset
=tn means channel is exactly +tn nothing more and nothing less
-mode mode same as above
-t string topic of the channel shall contain string
-topic string same as above
-s [m][t] show modes (m) and who set the topic (t)
-show [m][t] same as above
LIST Examples:
/SQUERY Alis LIST #foo* -min 10 -mode =tn
Lists all channels who contain foo (#foo.int,#foo,...)
if the mode is exactly = tn.
/SQUERY Alis LIST * -min 10 -t http
Lists all channels who contain http as word in the topic.
Examples: "http://www.foo.org","http is cool","my httpd crashed"
/SQUERY Alis LIST * -min 10 -t http -show mt
Like above, but it will show the modes of the channel
and the nick who set the topic.