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is there a way to get some1s nick by using there login name. like when u whois some1 it gives u the name they are logged in as but it can be different then nick so can you use the login name to get the nick?

Do you mean logins with NickServ-type bots?

That depends on the services. On QuakeNet you can do /msg Q whois Collective and it will notice you back a list like this:

Code:

[04:55:16] -Q- Collective is online right now.
[04:55:16] -Q- Collective is authed as Collective.
[04:55:16] -Q- There are more users authed with that id.
[04:55:16] -Q- Bob is also authed as Collective

There might be ways on other services too, but I rarely use them so I don't know.

yes there are raw comands that gives you the full name as well as the Nickname. depending on what IRC you are on will determin what Raw command you need to use.

Now if you are trying to recover your own nick then I would put the nick on notify then use Unotify to recover the nick when it has left IRC
ON *:UNOTIFY: if ($nick == MAINnick) { nick $nick }

if you are trying to locate a nick by there NAME then you would have to find the corrisponding Raw command
on the undernet is raw 307