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<h1>Finding Channels</h1>
<h2 id="finding-channels-on-liberachat">Finding Channels on Libera.Chat</h2>
<p>With many channels already on Libera.Chat and more being registered all the
time, a good way to search for channels of interest to you is useful.</p>
<p>Enter <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">alis</code>, a network service designed for exactly that purpose.</p>
<p>At the most simple, you can use <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">/msg alis LIST *searchterm*</code> to find channels
whose name contains the term in question - for instance,
<code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">/msg alis LIST *linux*</code>.</p>
<p>You can also search on the channels current topic, require a minimum number of
users (to weed out barely-used channels), and use various wildcards to control
your search - for instance, <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">/msg alis LIST #libera* -min 10</code> would find all
channels whose names begin with <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">#libera</code> and which have at least 10 users.</p>
<p>For full details on how to use alis, <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">/msg alis HELP LIST</code> will send you back
the following help text:</p>
<pre><code class="language-irc">***** alis Help *****
Help for LIST:
LIST gives a list of channels matching the
pattern, modified by the other options.
Syntax: LIST &lt;pattern&gt; [options]
Options are:
-min &lt;n&gt;: show only channels with at least &lt;n&gt; users
-max &lt;n&gt;: show only channels with at most &lt;n&gt; users
-skip &lt;n&gt;: skip first &lt;n&gt; matches
-show [m][t]: show modes/topicsetter
-mode &lt;+|-|=&gt;&lt;modes&gt;: modes set/unset/equal
-topic &lt;pattern&gt;: topic matches pattern
The pattern can contain * and ? wildcards. The pattern has to
match the full channel name or a full topic, depending on where it
is used; the wildcards are important. The pattern is also
automatically surrounded by * wildcards if
- a channel name pattern does not start with a wildcard or a #, or
- a topic pattern contains no * wildcards.
For example, for channel names, from most to least specific:
?bar - any character followed by "bar" with no other characters
#bar* - anything starting with "#bar"
##*bar* - anything starting with ## and containing "bar"
*cows*moo* - anything containing "cows", 0 or more characters, and "moo"
*bar* - anything containing "bar" (equivalent to "bar")
Examples:
/msg alis LIST searchterm
/msg alis LIST * -topic multiple*ordered*search*terms
/msg alis LIST * -min 50
/msg alis LIST #foo*
/msg alis LIST #foo* -mode =n
/msg alis LIST *freetopic* -mode -t -show mt
/msg alis LIST ##nocolors* -mode +c -show t
***** End of Help *****
</code></pre>
<p>An alternative method to search is to do so via the web, using
<a href="https://netsplit.de/channels/?net=libera.chat">netsplit.de</a>.</p>
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