Command   v.   1.  Computer Science   A signal that initiates an operation defined by an instruction.   adj.   1.  Done or performed in response to a command:   a command performance.   [ Middle English commaunden from Old French comander from Late Latin commandãre ]

This section discusses the commands you may send to IGS to obtain information, for communicating, observing, and playing games.

Under the two Category columns below, there are subcategories. Click on the subcategories for detailed information about each individual command. If you are new to IGS, we recommend that you start with Basic Starting Commands. These are the first few commands that you should understand. With these you will be able to start using the capabilities of IGS in a limited way.

All the help documents are from the IGS perspective. When using a client program, please remember that client commands may not be the same as IGS commands.

A short, modified version of each command is available after logging into IGS. Many commands have options, and you can use these short versions as a quick reminder of these options. These short versions are meant to be viewed in the standard size terminal window, which is 24 rows down, and 80 characters across. You can review these short versions at anytime on IGS by entering 'help' plus the 'command name'.

Examples:    help tell, help rank, help match



This site is still under construction and many links in this section are unavailable. However, the short IGS server online help files are still avialable.


Categories

Basic Starting Commands

General Help
Readme  help  commands  Summary

Registration
register  RegMessage  usage

Personal Settings
stats  rank  password  info  alias  toggle  reset  defs  chars  addresschange

Communications
tell  shout  yell  channel  message  erase  beep

Listings
who  user  games  results  find  best  igs  last  uptime  players  regchange  reghistory  IGStitles

Observing Games
observe  unobserve  kibitz  chatter  all  trail  bet  watching  progame

Replaying Previous Games
request  index  contents  teach  title  gteach  sgfviewing


Categories

Basics For Playing Games
match  handicap  adjourn  decline  save  load  pass  score  done  resign

More About Playing Games
say  undo  komi  time  addtime  free  byoyomi  stored  look  delete  moves  refresh  notify  probability  sealed

Other Types of Matches
automatch  team  tmatch  goematch  pmatch  tgmatch

Mail
mail  sgf  tokens  psmail

Ratings
entry  rating  freegame  ranksupport  ratingstats  underrated  TOC  FAQ

Miscellaneous
clients  ftp  status  translate  ayt  goboard  etiquette  quit  exit  admin

Other Games
coords  choice  go  chinesechess  CC  shogi  shogirules  shogirules2

The Commands

The complete list of all the commands.

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