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@ -6,15 +6,16 @@ PBot is a versatile IRC Bot written in Perl
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* [Installation / Quick Start](#installation--quick-start)
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* [Documentation](#documentation)
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* [Features](#features)
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* [Commands](#commands)
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* [Plugins](#plugins)
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* [Factoids](#factoids)
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* [Code Factoids](#code-factoids)
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* [Modules](#modules)
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* [Useful IRC command improvements](#useful-irc-command-improvements)
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* [Channel management](#channel-management)
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* [Plugins](#plugins)
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* [Modules](#modules)
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* [Admin management](#admin-management)
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* [Easy configuration](#easy-configuration)
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* [Advanced Interpreter](#advanced-interpreter)
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* [Advanced interpreter](#advanced-interpreter)
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* [Support](#support)
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* [License](#license)
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<!-- md-toc-end -->
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@ -30,52 +31,10 @@ See the [PBot documentation](https://github.com/pragma-/pbot/tree/master/doc) fo
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Features
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--------
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### Factoids
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### Commands
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PBot has factoids with advanced features.
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* metadata (e.g. owner, times used, last used date, locked, etc)
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* advanced argument processing (indexing, splicing, etc)
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* special commands: `/say`, `/me`, `/msg`, `/code`, etc
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* advanced `$variable` interpolation (`$var:lc` to lowercase contents, `$var:ucfirst` to uppercase first letter, etc)
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* factoid-based variable lists (e.g., add a factoid `$colors` containing "red green blue" and then `!echo $colors` will randomly pick one)
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* changelog history
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* undo/redo history
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* and much, much more!
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### Code Factoids
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Code factoids are a special type of factoid that begin with the `/code` command.
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/code <language> <code>
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That's right! Anybody can create a factoid that can execute arbitrary code in
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any language! This is one of PBot's most powerful features.
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How is this safe? Because the code is executed within a virtual machine that
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has been configured to fall-back to a previously saved state whenever it times out.
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### Useful IRC command improvements
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* `mode` command can take wildcards, e.g. `mode +ov foo* bar*` to op nicks beginning with `foo` and voice nicks beginning with `bar`
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* `unban <nick>` and `unmute <nick>` can remove all bans/mutes matching `<nick>`'s hostmask or account
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* `ban` and `mute` will intelligently set banmasks; supports timeouts
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* `ban` and `mute` can take a comma-separate list of nicks. Will intelligently group them into multiple `MODE +bbbb` commands
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* `kick` can take a comma-separated list of nicks; accepts wildcards
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* and much, much, more
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### Channel management
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PBot can perform the typical channel management tasks.
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* opping/deopping, etc
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* channel-mode tracking
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* user hostmask/alias tracking
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* ban-evasion detection
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* flood detection
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* whitelisting, blacklisting, etc
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* spam/advertisement detection
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* and much, much more
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PBot has several useful core built-in commands. Additional commands can be added to PBot through
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Plugins and Factoids.
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### Plugins
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[Battleship](Plugins/Battleship.pm) | The classic Battleship board game, simplified for IRC
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[Connect4](Plugins/Connect4.pm) | The classic Connect-4 game.
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### Factoids
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PBot supports factoids, with advanced features.
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* metadata (e.g. owner, times used, last used date, locked, etc)
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* advanced argument processing (indexing, splicing, etc)
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* special commands: `/say`, `/me`, `/msg`, `/code`, etc
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* advanced `$variable` interpolation (`$var:lc` to lowercase contents, `$var:ucfirst` to uppercase first letter, etc)
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* factoid-based variable lists (e.g., add a factoid `$colors` containing "red green blue" and then `!echo $colors` will randomly pick one)
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* changelog history
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* undo/redo history
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* and much, much more!
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Factoids are a very special type of command. Anybody interacting with PBot
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can create, edit, delete and invoke factoids. Factoids can be locked by the
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creator of the factoid to prevent them from being edited by others.
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At its most simple, factoids merely output the text the creator sets.
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<pragma-> !factadd hello /say Hello, $nick!
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<PBot> hello added to global channel.
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<pragma-> PBot, hello
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<PBot> Hello, pragma-!
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Significantly more complex factoids can be built by using `$variables`, command-substitution,
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command-piping, `/code` invocation, and more!
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For more information, see the [Factoids documentation](https://github.com/pragma-/pbot/blob/master/doc/Factoids.md).
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### Code Factoids
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Code factoids are a special type of factoid that begin with the `/code` command.
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/code <language> <code>
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That's right! Anybody can create a factoid that can execute arbitrary code in
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any language! This is one of PBot's most powerful features.
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How is this safe? Because the code is executed within a virtual machine that
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has been configured to fall-back to a previously saved state whenever it times out.
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### Modules
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PBot can execute any command-line program or script as an internal command. We call
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these modules.
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Modules are external command-line executable programs and scripts that can be
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loaded via PBot Factoids.
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These are just some of the more notable modules; there are several more:
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Suppose you have the [Qalculate!](https://qalculate.github.io/) command-line
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program and you want to provide a PBot command for it. You can create a _very_ simple
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shell script containing:
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#!/bin/sh
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qalc "$*"
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And let's call it `qalc.sh` and put it in PBot's `modules/` directory.
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Then you can add the `qalc` factoid:
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!factadd global qalc qalc.sh
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And then set its `type` to `module`:
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!factset global qalc type module
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Now you have a `qalc` calculator in PBot!
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<pragma-> !qalc 2 * 2
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<PBot> 2 * 2 = 4
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For more information, see the [Modules documentation](https://github.com/pragma-/pbot/blob/master/doc/Modules.md).
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These are just some of the modules PBot comes with; there are several more:
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Module | Description
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[Urban Dictionary](modules/urban) | Search Urban Dictionary for definitions.
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[Manpages](modules/man.pl) | Display a concise formatting of manual pages (designed for C functions)
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### Useful IRC command improvements
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* `mode` command can take wildcards, e.g. `mode +ov foo* bar*` to op nicks beginning with `foo` and voice nicks beginning with `bar`
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* `unban <nick>` and `unmute <nick>` can remove all bans/mutes matching `<nick>`'s hostmask or account
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* `ban` and `mute` will intelligently set banmasks; supports timeouts
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* `ban` and `mute` can take a comma-separate list of nicks. Will intelligently group them into multiple `MODE +bbbb` commands
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* `kick` can take a comma-separated list of nicks; accepts wildcards
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* and much, much, more
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### Channel management
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PBot can perform the typical channel management tasks.
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* opping/deopping, etc
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* channel-mode tracking
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* user hostmask/alias tracking
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* ban-evasion detection
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* flood detection
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* whitelisting, blacklisting, etc
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* spam/advertisement detection
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* and much, much more
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### Admin management
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PBot has easy admin management via simple built-in commands.
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@ -141,7 +187,7 @@ These settings can easily be configured via several methods:
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* simple built-in commands (`regset`, `regunset`, etc)
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* editing the [`$data_dir/registry`](data/registry) plain-text JSON file
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### Advanced Interpreter
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### Advanced interpreter
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PBot has an advanced command interpreter with useful functionality.
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