Useful IRC commands

Note that I'm using Irssi IRC client.

Add a server,

This is required to connect to a server using TLS.

/server add  -tls -tls_verify  chat.example.net 6697
/save

Display the saved server list,
/server list

Connect to the server,
/connect chat.example.net

Log in using a password,
/msg NickServ IDENTIFY <password_goes_here>


You can invoke irssi with useful arguments.

Start irssi with a different nick name,
e.g.: irssi -n <nick_name_goes_here>