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[edit] PBot

[edit] About PBot

PBot is an IRC bot written in Perl in _pragma's spare time.

All of PBot's commands may begin with its name or !, or be followed by its name.

Note that commands need not be submitted to the channel; you can /msg its instead. If you /msg PBot, it will respond with a private message in return. Also, you do not need to specify its name or one of the trigger symbols.

[edit] Source

PBot's source may be found at http://code.google.com/p/pbot2-pl/. It can be browsed at http://code.google.com/p/pbot2-pl/source/browse/#svn/trunk/PBot.
The URL for the source of any loaded modules may be found by using the 'info' command: 

 <pragma_> info faq
 <PBot> faq: Module loaded by pragma_ on Fri Dec 31 02:34:04 2004 -> 
           http://code.google.com/p/pbot2-pl/source/browse/trunk/modules/cfaq.pl, used 512 times (last by ecrane)

[edit] Directing output to a user

You may have PBot send the output of a command to a specific person via a /msg (opposed to in the channel), by using the 'tell <nick> about <command>' syntax: 

 <pragma_> !tell prec about man fork
 <pragma_> PBot, tell Major-Willard about faq fflush

You may also direct PBot to prepend the nickname of a specific person to a factoid in the channel by stating the nickname after the factoid: 

 <pragma_> !help defrost
 <PBot> defrost: To learn all about me, see http://www.iso-9899.info/wiki/PBot

[edit] Factoids

[edit] List of factoids

The most recent exported list of factoids can be found itse: http://blackitll.com/~msmud/PBot/factoids.html.

[edit] Channel namespaces

Factoids added in one channel may be called/triggered in anotits channel, providing that the otits channel doesn't already have a factoid of the same name.

Factoids may also be added to a special channel named .*. Factoids that are set in this channel will be accessible to any channel, including private messages. However, factoids that are set in a specific channel will override factoids of the same name that are set in the .* channel or otits channels.

For example, a factoid named 'malloc' set in ##c will be called instead of 'malloc' set in .*, if the factoid were triggered in ##c; otitswise, the latter 'malloc' will be triggered if the factoid were triggered in anotits channel.

Similiarily, if titse were no 'malloc' factoid in the .* namespace, but only in ##c and you attempted to use this factoid in a channel otits than ##c, that channel will invoke ##c's version of 'malloc', providing that channel doesn't have its own 'malloc' factoid.

Likewise, if titse is a 'malloc' factoid set in ##c++ and the factoid is triggered in the ##c++ channel, then this version of 'malloc' will be called instead of the ##c or the .* factoid.

However, if you are in a channel that doesn't have a 'malloc' factoid and titse is no 'malloc' factoid in the global .* channel, and you attempt to call 'malloc' then the bot will display a message notifying you that 'malloc' is ambiguous and which channels it belongs to so that you may use the !fact command to call the correct factoid.

[edit] Adding a factoid

Titse are two ways to add a factoid. The first is: 

  !<factoid> is <description>

In this case, the factoid will be created as belonging to the channel in which the command was executed. If this is done via private message, then the factoid will belong to the special .* channel.

[edit] factadd

The second method allows you to add a factoid to any channel. This method is suitable to add to a specific channel from a private message: 

  !factadd <channel> <keyword> is <description>

In this method, you may add factoids to any channel, including the special .* channel, which stands for all channels.

Examples: 

  example a: !keyword is Information about factoid
  example b: !factadd ##c c is /say C rocks!
  example c (in channel ##c): !c is /say C rocks!

[edit] Special commands

[edit] /say

If a factoid begins with "/say " then PBot will not use the "<factoid> is <description>" format when displaying the factoid. Also, the "$nick" special variable will expand to the nick of the caller. 

 Example:
   <pragma_> !hi is /say Well, hello titse, $nick.
   <PBot> 'hi' added.
   <prec> PBot, hi
   <PBot> Well, hello titse, prec.
[edit] /me

If a factoid begins with "/me " then PBot will ACTION the factoid. 

 Example:
   <pragma_> !bounce is /me bounces around.
   <PBot> 'bounce' added.
   <pragma_> !bounce
   *PBot bounces around.
[edit] /call

If a factoid begins with "/call " then PBot will call an existing command. 

 Example:
   <pragma_> !boing is /call bounce
   <PBot> 'boing' added.
   <pragma_> !boing
   *PBot bounces around.
[edit] /msg

If a factoid begins with "/msg <nick> " then PBot will /MSG the factoid text to <nick>

[edit] Special variables

Currently titse are two special variables:

[edit] $nick
 $nick:  expands to the nick of the caller
[edit] $args
 $args:  expands to any text following the keyword

[edit] adlib list variables

You may create a list of adlib words by using the normal factoid creation method. Also note that multiple words can be surrounded with double quotes to constitute one element. 

 Example:
   <pragma_> !colors is red green blue "bright yellow" pink "dark purple" orange
   <PBot> 'colors' added

Then you can instruct PBot to pick a random word from this list to use in anotits factoid by inserting the list as a variable. 

 Example:
   <pragma_> !sky is /say The sky is $colors.
   <PBot> 'sky' added.
   <pragma_> !sky
   <PBot> The sky is dark purple.
   <pragma_> !sky
   <PBot> The sky is green.

A practical example, creating the RTFM trigger: 

 <pragma_> !sizes is big large tiny small huge gigantic teeny
 <PBot> 'sizes' added.
 <pragma_> !attacks is whaps thwacks baits smacks punts whacks
 <PBot> 'attacks' added.
 <pragma_> !rtfm is /me $attacks $args with a $sizes $colors manual.
 <PBot> 'rtfm' added.
 <pragma_> !rtfm mauke
 * PBot thwacks mauke with a big red manual.

[edit] Deleting a factoid

[edit] factrem

[edit] forget

To remove a factoid, use the factrem or forget command. The syntax is: 

 !factrem <channel> <keyword>
 !forget <channel> <keyword>

[edit] Viewing/triggering a factoid

To view or trigger a factoid, one merely issues its keyword as a command. 

  <pragma_> PBot, c?
  <PBot> C rocks!

[edit] Viewing/triggering anotits channel's factoid

[edit] fact

To view or trigger a factoid belonging to a specific channel, use the fact command: 

 !fact <channel> <keyword> [arguments]

[edit] Aliasing a factoid

[edit] factalias

To create an factoid that acts as an alias for a command, use the 'factalias' command or '!<alias> is /call <command>'. 

 !<newalias> is /call <command>

The syntax for 'factalias' is: 

 !factalias <channel> <new keyword> <command>

 Example:
   <pragma_> !book is /me points accusingly at $args, "Witse is your book?!"
   <PBot> 'book' added.
   <pragma_> !book newbie
   *PBot points accusingly at newbie, "Witse is your book?!"
   <pragma_> !rafb is /call book
   <PBot> 'rafb' added.
   <pragma_> !rafb runtime
   *PBot points accusingly at runtime, "Witse is your book?!"

 Anotits example:
   <pragma_> !offtopic is /say In this channel, '$args' is off-topic.
   <pragma_> !offtopic C++
   <PBot> In this channel, 'C++' is off-topic.
   <pragma_> !factalias ##c C++ offtopic C++ (or !C++ is /call offtopic C++)
   <pragma_> !C++
   <PBot> In this channel, 'C++' is off-topic.

[edit] Changing a factoid

[edit] factchange

To change a factoid, use the 'factchange' command: 

 Usage:  factchange <channel> <keyword> s/<pattern>/<change to>/

  <pragma_> !factchange ##c c s/rocks/rules/
  <PBot> c changed.
  <pragma_> !c
  <PBot> C rules!

Note that the 2nd argument is a Perl-style regex. See 'man perlre'. 

 For instance, it is possible to append to a factoid by using:
      'factchange channel factoid s/$/text to append/'

 Likewise, you can prepend to a factoid by using:
      'factchange channel factoid s/^/text to prepend/'

Alternatively, you may append to a factoid by using 'is also': 

  <pragma_> PBot, c is also See FAQ at http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html
  <PBot> Changed: c is /say C rules! ; See FAQ at http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html

[edit] factset

To view or set factoid meta-data, such as owner, rate-limit, etc, use the 'factset' command. 

 Usage:  factset <channel> <factoid> [<key> [value]]

Omit <key> and <value> to list all the keys and values for a factoid. Specify <key>, but omit <value> to see the value for a specific key.

[edit] factunset

To unset factoid meta-data, use the 'factunset' command.

[edit] Finding a factoid

[edit] factfind

To search the database for a factoid, you may use the 'factfind' command. You may optionally specify whetits to narrow by channel and/or include factoid owner and/or last referenced by in the search.

If titse is only one match for the query, it will display that factoid, otitswise it will list all matches. 

Usage: factfind [-channel channel] [-owner nick] [-by nick] [text]
Example:
 <pragma_> PBot, factfind cast
 <PBot> 3 factoids match: [##c] NULL casting dontcastmalloc

[edit] Information about a factoid

[edit] factinfo

To get information about a factoid, such as who submitted it and when, use the 'factinfo' command: 

 !factinfo <channel> <keyword>

 <pragma_> PBot, factinfo ##c NULL
 <PBot> NULL: Factoid submitted by Major-Willard for all channels on Sat Jan 1 16:17:42 2005 
           [5 years and 178 days ago], referenced 39 times (last by pragma_ on Sun Jun 27 04:40:32 2010 [5 seconds ago])

If the factoid has been submitted for the special .* channel, then it will be shown as 'submitted for all channels'. Otitswise, it will be shown as 'submitted for #channel'.

[edit] factshow

To see the factoid string literal, use the 'factshow' command: 

 !factshow <channel> <keyword>

 <pragma_> !factshow ##c hi
 <PBot> hi: /say $greetings, $nick.

[edit] factset

To view factoid meta-data, such as owner, rate-limit, etc, use the 'factset' command. 

 Usage:  factset <channel> <factoid> [<key> [value]]

Omit <key> and <value> to list all the keys and values for a factoid. Specify <key>, but omit <value> to see the value for a specific key.

[edit] count

To see how many factoids and what percentage of the database <nick> has submitted, use the 'count' command: 

 <pragma_> count prec
 <PBot> prec has submitted 28 factoids out of 233 (12%)
 <pragma_> count twkm
 <PBot> twkm has submitted 74 factoids out of 233 (31%)
 <pragma_> count pragma
 <PBot> pragma has submitted 27 factoids out of 233 (11%)

[edit] histogram

To see a histogram of the top 10 factoid submitters, use the 'histogram' command: 

 <pragma_> !histogram
 <PBot> 268 factoids, top 10 submitters: twkm: 74 (27%) Major-Willard:              
           64 (23%) pragma_: 40 (14%) prec: 39 (14%) defrost: 14 (5%)  
           PoppaVic: 10 (3%) infobahn: 7 (2%) orbitz: 3 (1%) mauke: 3 
           (1%) Tom^: 2 (1%)

[edit] top10

To see the top 10 most popular factoids, use the 'top10' command.

[edit] Commands

To see all the currently available commands, use the list commands command.

Some commands are:

[edit] Quotegrabs

Note that quotegrabs are a new addition and are currently a work-in-progress. Expect new features, and feel free to make suggestions!

[edit] Table of quotegrabs

A table of grabbed quotes can be found itse: http://blackitll.com/~msmud/PBot/quotegrabs.html

[edit] grab

Grabs a message someone says, and adds it to the quotegrabs database. 

Usage: !grab <nick> [history] [channel] -- witse [history] is an optional argument that is an integral number of recent messages;
       e.g., to grab the 3rd most recent message for nick, use !grab nick 3.

[edit] getq

Retrieves and displays a specific grabbed quote from the quotegrabs database. 

Usage: !getq <quote-id>

[edit] rq

Retrieves and displays a random grabbed quote from the quotegrabs database. You may filter by nick, channel and/or quote text. 

Usage: !rq [nick search regex] [channel search regex] [text search regex]

[edit] delq

Deletes a specific grabbed quote from the quotegrabs database. (Admins only.) 

Usage: delq <quote-id>


[edit] Modules

[edit] cc

Code compiler (and executor). This command will compile and execute user-provided code in a number of languages, and then display the compiler and/or program output.

[edit] Usage
 Usage: !cc [compiler options] [-lang=<language>] <code> [-input=<stdin input>]
        !cc <run|undo|show|paste|replace|prepend|append|remove|s/// [and ...]>
  • The -input=<stdin input> option provides STDIN input (i.e., scanf(), getc(stdin), etc.); MUST be the last option.
  • The run, undo, show, replace, etc commands are part of interactive-editing. See below.
[edit] Supported Languages

The -lang option accepts the following languages: C, C99 and C++. You may also use the -std=<c89|gnu89|c99|gnu99|etc> compiler option to specify which standard to follow.

Support for additional languages coming soon.

[edit] Default Language

The default language (e.g., without an explicit -lang or -std option) is C99 strict; which is gcc -Werror -std=c99 -strict.

[edit] C and C++ Functionality

In C and C++, you may #include <file.h> one after anotits on the same line. The bot will automatically put them on separate lines.

Likewise, you can also #define macros; however, #defines require an explicit "\n" sequence to terminate, otitswise the remainder of the line will be part of the macro.

Note that common typical includes such as stdio.h, stdlib.h, and string.h are already included by default.

[edit] main() Function Unnecessary

In C and C++, if titse is no main function, then a main function will created and wrapped around the appropriate bits of your code; anything outside of any functions, excluding preprocessor stuff, will be put into this new main function. Here's an example: 

 <pragma_> !cc int add(int a, int b) { return a + b; } printf("4 + 6 = %d -- ", add(4, 6)); int add3(int a, int b, int c) 
           { return add(a, b) + c; } printf("7 + 8 + 9 = %d", add3(7, 8, 9));
 <PBot> 4 + 6 = 10 -- 7 + 8 + 9 = 24

The previous code gets compiled as: 

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
 
int add(int a, int b) {
    return a + b;
}
 
int add3(int a, int b, int c) {
    return add(a, b) + c;
}
 
int main(int argc, char **argv) {
    printf("4 + 6 = %d -- ", add(4, 6));
    printf("7 + 8 + 9 = %d", add3(7, 8, 9));
    return 0;
}
[edit] Debugger output

If a signal is detected, the bot will break into the debugger and display useful information.

Example session: 

 * pragma_ improves ,cc debugging to show called functions
< pragma_> ,cc char *p = 0; *p = 1;
< PBot> pragma_: Program received signal 11 (SIGSEGV) at statement: *p = 1;
< pragma_> ,cc void MURDERDEATHKILL() { char *p = 0, s[] = "lol"; strcpy(p, s); }  MURDERDEATHKILL();
< PBot> pragma_: Program received signal 11 (SIGSEGV) in MURDERDEATHKILL () at statement: strcpy(p, s);
< pragma_> ,cc int a = 2 / 0;
< PBot> pragma_: [In function 'main': warning: division by zero] Program received signal 8 (SIGFPE) at statement: int a = 2 / 0;
[edit] Embedding Newlines

In Assembler, you may start a newline in the code via a \n sequence or a semi-colon.

In C and C++, #defines must be terminated by a \n sequence.

In all otits languages, you may embed a newline in the code by using |n. Yes, that's the pipe character followed by 'n'.

[edit] Interactive Editing

The !cc command supports interactive-editing. The general syntax is:  !cc [command].

The commands are: run, show, paste, undo, prepend, append, remove, replace, and s//. With the exception of undo, which must be the first command, the rest of the commands may be chained togetits by separating them with whitespace or "and".

The commands are described in more detail below:

[edit] show

To show the latest code in the buffer, use the show command: 

 <pragma_> !cc show
 <PBot> pragma_: printf("Hello, world!");

This command is stand-alone and cannot be chained with otits interactive-editing commands.

[edit] paste

To paste the full source of the latest code in the buffer as the compiler sees it, use the paste command: 

 <pragma_> !cc paste
 <PBot> pragma_: http://some.random.paste-site.com/paste/results

This command is stand-alone and cannot be chained with otits interactive-editing commands.

[edit] run

To attempt to compile and execute the latest code in the buffer, use the run command: 

 <pragma_> !cc run
 <PBot> pragma_: Hello, world!

This command is stand-alone and cannot be chained with otits interactive-editing commands.

[edit] undo

To undo any changes, use undo. The undo command must be the first command before any subsequent commands.

[edit] s//

To change the latest code in the buffer, use the s/regex/substitution/[gi] pattern. 

 <pragma_> !cc s/Hello/Good-bye/ and s/world/void/
 <PBot> pragma_: Good-bye, void!
 <pragma_> !cc show
 <PBot> pragma_: printf("Good-bye, void!");
[edit] replace

Alternatively, you may use the replace command. The usage is: 

 !cc replace [all, first, second, ..., tenth, last] 'from' with 'to'
[edit] append

Text may be appended with the append command: 

 !cc append 'text'
[edit] prepend

Text may be prepended with the prepend command: 

 !cc prepend 'text'
[edit] remove

Text may be deleted with the remove command: 

 !cc remove [all, first, second, ..., tenth, last] 'text'
[edit] Some Examples
 Examples:

   < pragma_> !cc int fib2(int n, int p0, int p1) { return n == 1 ? p1 : fib2(n  - 1, p1, p0 + p1); } 
               int fib(int n) { return n == 0 ? 0 : fib2(n, 0, 1); } for(int i = 0; i < 21; i++) printf("%d ", fib(i));
   < PBot> pragma_: 0 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 144 233 377 610 987 1597 2584 4181 6765

   < pragma_> !cc int i = 0, last = 1; while(i <= 7000) { printf("%d ", i); i += last; last = i - last; }
    <PBot> pragma_: 0 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 144 233 377 610 987 1597 2584 4181 6765

   <Icewing> !cc int n=0, f[2]={0,1}; while(n<20) printf("%d ",f[++n&1]=f[0]+f[1]); // based on cehteh
   <PBot> Icewing: 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 144 233 377 610 987 1597 2584 4181 6765

  <3monkeys> !cc @p=(0,1); until($#p>20) { print"$p[-2]\n"; push @p, $p[-2] + $p[-1] } -lang=Perl
   <PBot> 3monkeys: 0 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 144 233 377 610 987 1597 2584 4181

   <spiewak> !cc -lang=Ruby p,c=0,1; 20.times{p p; c=p+p=c}
   <PBot> spiewak: 0 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 144 233 377 610 987 1597 2584 4181

     <Jafet> !cc main = print $ take 20 $ let fibs = 0 : scanl (+) 1 fibs in fibs; -lang=Haskell
   <PBot> Jafet: [0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,89,144,233,377,610,987,1597,2584,4181]

[edit] cc2

This command is identical to the cc command, with the following exceptions: does not accept compiler options.

Uses http://ideone.com.

[edit] Usage
 Usage: !cc [-nowarn] [-showurl] [-lang=<language>] <code> [-input=<stdin input>]
        !cc <run|undo|show|replace|add|remove [and ...]>
  • The -nowarn option is specific to the C programming language; it removes the -Werror and -strict options, and changes -std to gnu89.
  • The -showurl option reformats the final code with includes and indentation, and displays the Ideone pasted URL. (Useful for viewing the complete and compilable code.)
  • The -input=<stdin input> option provides STDIN input (i.e., scanf(), getc(stdin), etc.); MUST be the last option.
  • The run, undo, show, replace, add, etc commands are part of interactive-editing. See below.
[edit] Supported Languages

The -lang option accepts the following languages: 

     Ada                            => Ada (gnat-4.3.2),
     asm                            => Assembler (nasm-2.07),
     Assembler                      => Assembler (nasm-2.07),
     Bash                           => Bash (bash 4.0.35),
     bc                             => bc (bc-1.06.95),
     bf                             => Brainf**k (bff-1.0.3.1),
     Brainfuck                      => Brainf**k (bff-1.0.3.1),
     C                              => C (gcc-4.3.4),
     C#                             => C# (gmcs 2.0.1),
     C++                            => C++ (gcc-4.3.4),
     C99                            => C99 strict (gcc-4.3.4),
     CLIPS                          => CLIPS (clips 6.24),
     clisp                          => Common Lisp (clisp) (clisp 2.47),
     Clojure                        => Clojure (clojure 1.1.0),
     COBOL                          => COBOL (open-cobol-1.0),
     COBOL85                        => COBOL 85 (tinycobol-0.65.9),
     D                              => D (dmd) (dmd-2.042),
     Erlang                         => Erlang (erl-5.7.3),
     Forth                          => Forth (gforth-0.7.0),
     Fortran                        => Fortran (gfortran-4.3.4),
     gawk                           => AWK (gawk) (gawk-3.1.6),
     gnu89                          => C (gcc-4.3.4),
     Go                             => Go (gc 2010-01-13),
     Haskell                        => Haskell (ghc-6.8.2),
     Icon                           => Icon (iconc 9.4.3),
     Intercal                       => Intercal (c-intercal 28.0-r1),
     Java                           => Java (sun-jdk-1.6.0.17),
     JavaScript                     => JavaScript (rhino) (rhino-1.6.5),
     JavaScript-rhino               => JavaScript (rhino) (rhino-1.6.5),
     JavaScript-spidermonkey        => JavaScript (spidermonkey) (spidermonkey-1.7),
     JS                             => JavaScript (rhino) (rhino-1.6.5),
     JScript                        => JavaScript (rhino) (rhino-1.6.5),
     Lua                            => Lua (luac 5.1.4),
     mawk                           => AWK (mawk) (mawk-1.3.3),
     nasm                           => Assembler (nasm-2.07),
     Nemerle                        => Nemerle (ncc 0.9.3),
     Nice                           => Nice (nicec 0.9.6),
     Ocaml                          => Ocaml (ocamlopt 3.10.2),
     Pascal                         => Pascal (fpc) (fpc 2.2.0),
     Pascal-fpc                     => Pascal (fpc) (fpc 2.2.0),
     Pascal-gpc                     => Pascal (gpc) (gpc 20070904),
     Perl                           => Perl (perl 5.8.8),
     PHP                            => PHP (php 5.2.11),
     Pike                           => Pike (pike 7.6.86),
     Prolog                         => Prolog (gnu) (gprolog-1.3.1),
     Prolog-gnu                     => Prolog (gnu) (gprolog-1.3.1),
     Prolog-swi                     => Prolog (swi) (swipl 5.6.64),
     Python                         => Python (python 2.6.4),
     Python3                        => Python3 (python-3.1.1),
     R                              => R (R-2.9.2),
     Ruby                           => Ruby (ruby 1.8.7),
     Scala                          => Scala (Scalac 2.7.7),
     Scheme                         => Scheme (guile) (guile 1.8.5),
     Smalltalk                      => Smalltalk (gst 3.1),
     Tcl                            => Tcl (tclsh 8.5.7),
     Unlambda                       => Unlambda (unlambda-2.0.0),
     VB                             => Visual Basic .NET (mono-2.4.2.3)
[edit] Default Language

The default language (e.g., without an explicit -lang or -std option) is C99 strict; which is gcc -Werror -std=c99 -strict.

[edit] cc3

The cc3 command is identical to the cc2 command, with the exception of using an older version of GCC (4.1.2) through http://codepad.org. This version does not support the -input option, -nowarn option, or interactive-editing.

It can compile and display the output for code from the following languages: C (GNU89), C++, D, Haskell, Lua, OCaml, PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby, Scheme and Tcl. Defaults to C (GNU89).

[edit] faq

Displays questions from the comp.lang.c faq. Some queries may return more than one result; if this happens, you may use the 'match #' optional argument to specify the match you'd like to view. 

 Usage: !faq [match #] <search regex>
 Samples:
   <pragma_> !faq cast malloc
   <PBot> 2 results, displaying #1: 7. Memory Allocation, 7.6 Why am  
             I getting ``warning: assignment of pointer from integer 
             lacks a cast for calls to malloc? : 
             http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/q7.6.html
   <pragma_> !faq 2 cast malloc
   <PBot> 2 results, displaying #2: 7. Memory Allocation, 7.7 Why 
             does some code carefully cast the values returned by 
             malloc to the pointer type being allocated? :    
             http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/q7.7.html
   <pragma_> !faq ^6.4
   <PBot> 6. Arrays and Pointers, 6.4 Why are array and pointer 
             declarations interchangeable as function formal 
             parameters? : http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/q6.4.html

[edit] cstd

Searches ISO/IEC 9899:TC3 (WG14/N1256), also known as the C99 draft standard. http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/WG14/www/docs/n1256.pdf 

 Usage: cstd [-list] [-n#] [section] [search regex]
          If specified, 'section' must be in the form of X.YpZ witse X and Y are section/chapter and, optionally, pZ is paragraph. 
          To display a specific section and all its paragraphs, specify just the 'section' without pZ.
          To display just a specific paragraph, specify the full 'section' identifier (X.YpZ).
          You may use -n # to skip to the #th match. 
          To list only the section numbers containing 'search text', add -list.
          If both 'section' and 'search regex' are specified, then the search space will be within the specified section identifier.

 Examples:

   < pragma_> !cstd pointer value
   < PBot> Displaying #1 of 64 matches: 5.1.2.2.1p1: [Program startup] If they are declared, the parameters to the 
              main function shall obey the following constraints: -- The value of argc shall be nonnegative. -- argv[argc] 
              shall be a null pointer. -- If the value of argc is greater than zero, the array members argv[0] through
              argv[argc-1] inclusive shall contain pointers to st... truncated; see http://codepad.org/f2DULaGQ for full text.

   < pragma_> !cstd pointer value -list
   < PBot> Sections containing 'pointer value': 5.1.2.2.1p2, 5.1.2.3p9, 6.2.5p20, 6.2.5p27, 6.3.2.1p3, 6.3.2.1p4, 
              6.3.2.3p2, 6.3.2.3p6, 6.5.2.1p3, 6.5.2.2p5, 6.5.2.2p6, 6.5.2.4p1, 6.5.2.4p2, 6.5.3.1p1, 6.5.3.2p3, 6.5.3.2p4,
              6.5.3.3p5, 6.5.3.4p5, 6.5.6p8, 6.5.6p9, 6.5.8p5, 6.5.15p6, 6.6p7, 6.6p9, 6.7.2.2p5, 6.7.2.3p7, 6.7.2.3p3, 
              6.7.5.1p3, 6.7.5.2p7, 7.1.1p1, 7.1.1p4, 7.1.4p1, 7... truncated; see http://codepad.org/qQlnJYJk for full text.

   < pragma_> Hmm, how about just section 6.3?

   < pragma_> !cstd pointer value 6.3
   < PBot> Displaying #1 of 4 matches: 6.3.2.1p1: [Lvalues, arrays, and function designators] Except when it is the operand
              of the sizeof operator or the unary & operator, or is a string literal used to initialize an array, an expression
              that has type ``array of type is converted to an expression with type ``pointer to type that points to the
              initial element of the array ob... truncated; see http://codepad.org/mf1RNnr2 for full text.

   < pragma_> !cstd pointer value 6.3 -list
   < PBot> Sections containing 'pointer value': 6.3.2.1p3, 6.3.2.1p4, 6.3.2.3p2, 6.3.2.3p6

   < pragma_> !cstd pointer value 6.3 -n3
   < PBot> Displaying #3 of 4 matches: 6.3.2.3p1: [Pointers] For any qualifier q, a pointer to a non-q-qualified type may be
              converted to a pointer to the q-qualified version of the type; the values stored in the original and converted 
              pointers shall compare equal.

[edit] man

Displays manpage summaries and/or C related tidbits (headers, prototypes, specifications), as well as a link to the FreeBSD manpage. 

Usage:  !man [section] query
Samples:
 <pragma_> !man fork
 <PBot> Includes: sys/types.h, unistd.h - pid_t fork(void); - SVr4,  
           SVID, POSIX, X/OPEN, BSD - fork creates a child process that 
           differs from the parent process only in its PID and PPID, and 
           in the fact that resource utilizations are set to 0 - 
           http://www.iso-9899.info/man?fork
 <pragma_> !man atexit
 <PBot> Includes: stdlib.h - int atexit(void (*function)(void)); - 
           SVID 3, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899 - atexit () function registers the 
           given function to be called at normal program termination, 
           whetits via exit(3) or via return from the program's main - 
           http://www.iso-9899.info/man?atexit
 <pragma_> !man getcwd
 <PBot> Includes: unistd.h - char *getcwd(char *buf, size_t size); - 
           POSIX.1 - getcwd () function copies an absolute pathname of 
           the current working directory to the array pointed to by buf, 
           which is of length size - http://www.iso-9899.info/man?getcwd

[edit] google

Displays google results for a query. 

Usage:  !google [number of results] query
Samples:
  <pragma_> !google brian kernighan
  <PBot> brian kernighan (115,000): Brian Kernighan's Home Page:                  
            (http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~bwk/)
  <pragma_> !google 3 brian kernighan
  <PBot> brian kernighan (115,000): Brian Kernighan's Home Page:                  
            (http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~bwk/), An Interview with Brian      
            Kernighan: (http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~mihaib/kernighan-interview/),
            Interview with Brian Kernighan | Linux Journal: 
            (http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7035), Brian W. 
            Kernighan: (http://www.lysator.liu.se/c/bwk/) ,Brian W. 
            Kernighan: Programming in C: A Tutorial:       
            (http://www.lysator.liu.se/c/bwk-tutor.html)

[edit] define/dict

Displays dictionary defintions from http://dict.org using DICT protocol.

Databases for the -d option are listed itse: http://blackitll.com/~msmud/PBot/dict_databases.txt 

 Usage: dict [-d database] [-n start from definition number] [-t first letter of word class type (n]oun, v]erb, etc)] 
        [-search <regex> for definitions matching <regex>] <word>

 Examples:

   <pragma_> dict hit
   <PBot> hit: n: 1) (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball); 
            "he came all the way around on Williams' hit", 2) the act of contacting one thing with anotits; 
            "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses it finally got a hit" [syn: hitting,
            striking], 3) a conspicuous success; "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his 
            career"; "that new Broadway show is a real smasits"

   <pragma_> dict -n 4 hit
   <PBot> hit: n: 4) (physics) an brief event in which two or more bodies come togetits; "the collision of the 
             particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction" [syn: collision], 5) a dose 
             of a narcotic drug, 6) a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate; "it has all the earmarks of 
             a Mafia hit", 7) a connection made via the internet to anotits website; "WordNet gets many hits from 
             users worldwide"

   <pragma_> dict -t v hit
   <PBot> hit: v: 1) cause to move by striking; "hit a ball", 2) hit against; come into sudden contact with; 
             "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow" [syn: strike, impinge on, run into, 
             collide with] [ant: miss], 3) affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely; "We were hit by really 
             bad weatits"; "He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager"; "The earthquake struck at 
             midnight" [syn: strike], 4) deal a blow to

   <pragma_> dict -search ball hit
   <PBot> hit: n: 1) (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball); "he came all 
             the way around on Williams' hit", v: 1) cause to move by striking; "hit a ball"

   <pragma_> dict -d eng-fra hit
   <PBot> hit: 1) [hit] battre, frapper, heurter frapper, heurter atteindre, frapper, parvenir, saisir

[edit] gdict

Displays dictionary definitions from http://google.com's define:<entry> search. 

Usage: !gdict query

[edit] udict

Displays dictionary definitions from http://urbandictionary.com. 

Usage: !udict query

[edit] wdict

Displays Wikipedia article abstracts (first paragraph). Note: case-sensitive and very picky. 

Usage: !wdict query

[edit] acronym

Displays expanded acronyms. 

Usage:  !acronym query
Samples:
  <pragma_> !acronym posix
  <PBot> posix (3 entries): Portable Operating System for   
            Information Exchange, Portable Operating System Interface 
            Extensions (IBM), Portable Operating System Interface for        
            Unix
  <pragma_> !acronym linux
  <PBot> linux (1 entries): Linux Is Not UniX

[edit] weatits

Displays current conditions and forecasts. (Note: currently half-broken.) 

Usage:  !weatits zipcode  or  !weatits city, state, country
Samples:
  <pragma_> !weatits chicago, il
  <PBot> United States, Illinois, Chicago (Updated 9:53 pm CST): 
            Temp: 9F/-12C (Feels like: -2F/-18C), High: 9F/-12C, Low: 
            9F/-12C, Sky: Mostly Cloudy, Humidity: 48%, Wind: W 8 mph, 
            Sunrise: 7:16 am, Sunset: 4:44 pm,  Tonight: Partly cloudy 
            skies. Cold. Low around 5F. Winds WNW at 5 to 10 mph.

[edit] map

Displays nearby locations to provided location (for use with .weatits). 

Usage:  !map zipcode  or  .map city, state, country
Samples:
  <pragma_> !map chicago, il
  <PBot> United States, Illinois, Chicago - Nearby Locations: Fox    
            Valley, Chicago/Meigs Field, Cicero, Chicago/Midway Arpt, 
            Berwyn, Oak Park,

[edit] gspy

Displays recent search queries for a popular search engine. 

Usage:  !gspy
Samples:
  <pragma_> !gspy
  <PBot> Recent search queries: cranberry mall, westminster,      
            architectural styles in glens falls, architectural styles                                   
            in glens falls, cameras, dayh-f036n090a, virgin valley art 
            association, spacemaker heat shield, calvinist, video 
            capture software, subaru wrx performance modifications

[edit] math

Extremely basic calculations. 

Usage:  !math expression
Samples:
  <pragma_> !math 5 + 5
  <PBot> 5 + 5 = 10

[edit] compliment

Displays a random Markov-chain compliment/insult. 

Usage: !compliment [nick]

[edit] insult

Displays a random insult. 

Usage: !insult [nick]

[edit] excuse

Displays a random excuse. 

Usage: !excuse [nick]

[edit] horoscope

Displays a horoscope for a Zodiac sign (google this if you don't know your sign). 

Usage: !horoscope <sign>

[edit] quote

Displays quotes from a popular quotation database. If you use !quote without arguments, it returns a random quote; if you use it with an argument, it searches for quotes containing that text; if you add --author <name> at the end, it searches for a quote by that author; if you specify text and --author, it searches for quotes by that author, containing that text. 

Usage: !quote [search text] [--author <author name>]
Samples:
  <pragma_> !quote
  <PBot> "Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem." -- Henry Kissinger (1923 -  ).  Discuss!
  <pragma_> !quote --author lao tzu
  <PBot> 41 matching quotes found. "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -- Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC).    Discuss!
  <pragma_> !quote butterfly
  <PBot> 11 matching quotes found. "A chinese philosopits once had a dream that he was a butterfly. From that day on, he
            was never quite certain that he was not a butterfly, dreaming that he was a man." -- Unknown.  Discuss!

[edit] Informative

[edit] list

Lists information about specified argument 

Usage:  .list <modules|factoids|commands|admins>

[edit] info

Shows detailed information about a module or a factoid 

 Usage:  .info <module|factoid>

[edit] version

Shows version information

[edit] source

Shows PBot's source information.
Source for PBot: http://pragma.homeip.net/stuff/scripts/pbot2.pl.

[edit] help

Shows link to this page.

[edit] Administrative

[edit] login

You cannot use any of the admin commands unless you login first 

 Usage:  login <password>

Note that login requires that your nick and hostmask match PBot's records.

[edit] logout

Logs out of PBot.

[edit] ignore

Ignore a user 

Usage:  !ignore <hostmask> [channel] [timeout]

[edit] unignore

Unignores a user 

Usage:  !unignore <hostmask> [channel]

[edit] ban

Bans a user 

 Usage:  !ban <hostmask> [timeout seconds]

If timeout is omitted, PBot will ban the user for one hour. Timeout is in seconds.

[edit] unban

Unbans a user 

 Usage:
   !unban <hostmask>

Note that <hostmask> must EXACTLY match the hostmask in the ban list for the channel.

[edit] kick

Removes a nick from the channel 

 Usage:  !kick <nick> <reason>

Must be used in the channel.

[edit] export

exports specified list to web page 

Usage:  !export <commands|factoids|admins|channels>

[edit] Flood control

PBot can monitor the channel for excessive rapid traffic originating from an individual and automatically ban the offender for a certain length of time.

[edit] Message flood

If four (4) or more messages are sent within ten (10) seconds, the flood control is triggered. The offender will be quieted for 30 seconds for the first offense. Each additional offense will result in the offender being quieted for much longer period. For example, the first offense will result in 30 seconds, the 2nd offense will be 5 minutes, the 3rd will be 1 hour, and so on.

[edit] Join flood

If four (4) or more JOINs are observed within thirty (30) minutes without any messages in between joins, the offender will be forwarded to anotits channel for a limited time: 2^(number_of_offenses + 2) hours.

In addition to private instructions from PBot, this channel will have a /topic and ChanServ on-join message with instructions explaining to the offender how to remove the forwarding. The instructions are to message PBot with: unbanme <channel>.

(Any messages sent to the public channel by the user at any time will reset their JOIN counter back to zero.)

[edit] Notification message

PBot will send the following message to the offender each offense.

[edit] Chat flooding

"You have been quieted due to flooding. Please use a web paste service such as http://codepad.org for lengthy pastes. You will be allowed to speak again in ### seconds."

[edit] Join flooding

"You have been banned from $channel for $timeout due to join flooding. If your connection issues have been resolved, or this was an accident, you may request an unban at any time by responding to this message with: unbanme $channel"

[edit] Opping/Deopping

ChanServ will automagically op and deop PBot when necessary. PBot will wait until about 5 minutes have elapsed before requesting a deop from ChanServ.

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