(Tim here) I love the simple "ii" package for this. $ apt-get install ii $ NICK=Your_Nick_Here $ SERVER=irc.freenode.net $ ii -s $SERVER -n $NICK This process hangs waiting for input so you can either background the process by appending "&" when issuing it; or you can suspend it with control+z and then type "bg" to background it; or you can open another terminal for the remainder of this (whether control+alt+F3 or a new terminal window in your GUI, or a new window/pane in tmux or GNU screen) This creates a FIFO in ~/irc/$SERVER/in so you can issue $ cd ~/irc/$SERVER/ $ less out # optionally view the initial server output $ echo "/list" > in $ less out # view the full log, initial output plus output of "/list" $ echo "/quit" > in # disconnect from the IRC server After issuing that last quit command, the background "ii" process will quit. Because "in" is just a pipe, if you want to be more interactive, you can issue $ cat > in and then you can enter multiple IRC commands without having to wrap each in an "echo" call. It's a very niche tool, but it has a lot of nice possibilities when it comes to automation. -tim On 2018-05-28 04:36, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > If I log into a new irc server and want to get a list of public > channels on that server is it possible with any command line irc > client to select a file name on my local hard drive and run > the /list command and have the output of that list command sent > directly into the file I selected earlier? I can understand > servers complaining about major hits to their service from /list > commands being run and would think being able to send the output to > a file would be easier on the servers and the users who could then > look through that channels file offline and find what channels > interest them. > > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list