ping

Syntax

PING [<nick> | <channel> | *]

Parameters

The nickname or channel to ping, you can use the asterisk ‘*’ character to ping every user on a channel.

Description

Sends a CTCP PING request to a nickname or a channel; this is used to find out the latency on the network.

Examples

/PING bob
/PING #irssi

See also

CTCP, MSG