How do I set a default nick for new irssi connections?

You can use irssi's -n option to specify your nick

irssi -n test123

or you can go to the bottom of your $HOME/.irssi/config and in the settings section, change your nick

You can use the command:

irssi -n nickname1234

and to change the default nickname after you are connected

/SET default_nick = <nick>, defaults to user_name

/SET alternate_nick = <nick>, defaults to <default_nick>

/SET user_name = <user>, defaults to your login name

/SET real_name = <name>, taken from /etc/passwd by default

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