Load Pidgin from the command line and join an IRC channel

Question

I would like to be able to add a function to my .bashrc or .profile file in Ubuntu 13.04 that loads Pidgin and automatically joins a given IRC channel. Is this possible?

Answer 1

I have no idea where to put it, but if you put somewhere sensible:

pidgin --login=NAME

replacing NAME with your IRC login (has to be above the list of any others with the same name), that should do the trick.