whois

Requests user information

Usage

whois [server] <nickname>

Description

Requests information about an IRC user specified by <nickname>.
If [server] is specified, the request is directed to that one. [server] may be a nickname so that the request is redirected to the server that the user with that nickname is connected to.
An useful trick is to use the following syntax:
WHOIS <nickname> <nickname>
This will requests information about the user <nickname> to the server that he is currently connected to; returning the idle time among the other common information.
This command is connection dependent.

Examples

# Query info about Pragma
    whois Pragma
    # Get the Pragma idle time
    whois Pragma Pragma