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eval
Syntax
EVAL <command(s)>Parameters
The commands to evaluate.
Description
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 ‘$’, ‘’ or ‘;’ those characters need to be escaped: ‘$’ -> ‘$$’ ‘’ -> ‘' (or even ‘\’, depending on where they are used) ‘;’ -> ‘;’
Examples
/EVAL echo I am connected to ${S} on ${chatnet} as ${N}
/EVAL echo My user privileges are +${usermode}; echo Let's party!
to print ‘1;2$3\4’: /EVAL echo 1;2$$3\4
References
https://github.com/irssi/irssi/blob/master/docs/special_vars.txt