$bnick

$bnick refers to the banned users nickname, however this would actually only be filled if the banmask itself includes a nickname. If the banmask does not include a nickname, $bnick is $null.

$bnick

Banmask consits of

nick!ident@host

and means that it's usually a wildcard string which means that it will be matching wildcard strings in your remote users section.

See also

• on ban -event
• $address