.. _plugin-misc:

The Misc plugin
===============

Main commands
-------------

.. _command-misc-help:

misc help [<plugin>] [<command>]
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

This command gives a useful description of what *<command>* does.
*<plugin>* is only necessary if the command is in more than one plugin.

.. _command-misc-list:

misc list [--private] [<plugin>]
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Lists the commands available in the given plugin. If no plugin is
given, lists the public plugins available. If *--private* is given,
lists the private plugins.

.. _command-misc-more:

misc more [<nick>]
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

If the last command was truncated due to IRC message length
limitations, returns the next chunk of the result of the last command.
If *<nick>* is given, it takes the continuation of the last command from
*<nick>* instead of the person sending this message.

Utilities
---------

.. _command-misc-last:

misc last [--{from,in,on,with,without,regexp} <value>] [--nolimit]
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Returns the last message matching the given criteria. *--from* requires
a nick from whom the message came; *--in* requires a channel the message
was sent to; *--on* requires a network the message was sent on; *--with
requires* some string that had to be in the message; *--regexp* requires
a regular expression the message must match; *--nolimit* returns all
the messages that can be found. By default, the channel this command is
given in is searched.

.. _command-misc-ping:

misc ping
^^^^^^^^^

Checks to see if the bot is alive.

.. _command-misc-tell:

misc tell <nick> <text>
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Tells the *<nick>* whatever *<text>* is. Use nested commands to your
benefit here.

Getting informations about the bot
----------------------------------

.. _command-misc-source:

misc source
^^^^^^^^^^^

Returns a URL saying where to get Supybot.

.. _command-misc-version:

misc version
^^^^^^^^^^^^

Returns the version of the current bot.

.. _command-misc-apropos:

misc apropos <string>
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Searches for *<string>* in the commands currently offered by the bot,
returning a list of the commands containing that string.