Loads the given file into irc, treating each line as an irc command, just as if it were typed into the command line, but it expects commands to not have leading command characters, for compatibility it is however allowed. LOAD is the command used automatically at irc startup to load the .ircrc file.
In a LOAD script it is allowed to have leading spaces and tabs before the commands.
A long line, like a long alias definition, can be split over multiple lines by putting { and } around it like this:
alias follow {
say sorry folks, got invited away
join -i;bow
say here i am especially for you
grin
}
This format _MUST_ be used, you cannot put the { in the next line and you cannot put the } elsewhere than by itself. It is also not allowed to use { { } } constructs.
If the -args flag is specified, then each line of the loaded file is alias expanded before it is executed, just as if you had INPUT_ALIASES set to ON. The optional arguments, arg0 arg1 etc, are then used to expand the argument expandos ($*, $1, $2, etc) for each line. The -args switch takes precedent over any changes of the setting of INPUT_ALIASES in the loaded file. If you only want to expand certain lines and not others, use EVAL to evaluate the given line expanding variables. The default value for INPUT_ALIASES is now OFF when loading a script. Note also that the default value for DISPLAY is OFF as well.
Commands separated by ';' are not recognized by LOAD, that syntax is for alias, bind and on only. The location of scripts should be shown in your LOAD_PATH variable which can be changed to point to your own scripts if needed.
See Also: set INPUT_ALIASES set/load_path cd