# Misc - Neırssi documentation

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You are reading the help for the development version. The current release version is Neırssi 1.3.

# Misc

beep | Outputs the bell-character, usually causing your terminal to beep.
cat | Displays the contents of the specified file in the active window if -window is specified, otherwise to the closest matching window depending on levels. …
cd | Changes the current active directory.
echo | Displays the given text.
eval | Evaluates the given commands and executes them; you can use internal variables and separate multiple commands by using the ‘;’ character. If the command contains a string with ‘$’, ‘’ or ‘;’ those characters need to be escaped: ‘$’ -> ‘$$’ ‘’ -> ‘' (or even ‘\’, depending on where they are used) ‘;’ -> ‘;’
exec | Executes the specified command in the background; the process can be accessed by its id or the name you gave it. …
help | Displays the documentation for the given command.
load | Loads a plugin; if the full path isn’t given, it will attempt to load from common directories in your installation path. …
unload | Removes a module from the memory.
uptime | Displays how long Irssi has been running.
version | Displays the version and compatibility parameters of the given server, or for the server the target nickname is on.