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1 perry 1 WHOIS
2 !!!WHOIS
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 OPTIONS
7 NOTES
8 Files
9 ENVIRONMENT
10 SEE ALSO
11 HISTORY
12 AUTHOR
13 ----
14 !!NAME
15
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17 whois - client for the whois directory service
18 !!SYNOPSIS
19
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21 __whois__ [[ __-h__ ''HOST'' ] [[ __-p__
22 ''PORT'' ] [[ __-aCFHlLMmrRSVx__ ] [[ __-g__
23 ''SOURCE:FIRST-LAST'' ] [[ __-i__ ''ATTR'' ] [[
24 __-S__ ''SOURCE'' ] [[ __-T__ ''TYPE'' ]
25 ''object''
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28 __whois__ [[ ''-t'' ] [[ ''-v'' ] ''template''
29 __whois__ [[ ''-q'' ] ''keyword''
30 !!DESCRIPTION
31
32
33 __whois__ searches for an object in a ''RFC-812''
34 database.
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37 This version of the whois client tries to guess the right
38 server to ask for the specified object. If no guess can be
39 made it will connect to whois.internic.net for domains,
40 whois.arin.net for IPv4 addresses and whois.6bone.net for
41 IPv6 addresses.
42 !!OPTIONS
43
44
45 __-h HOST__
46
47
48 Connect to HOST.
49
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51 __-H__
52
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54 Do not display the legal disclaimers some registries like to
55 show you.
56
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58 __-p PORT__
59
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61 Connect to PORT.
62
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64 __-V__
65
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67 Be verbose.
68
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70 Other options are flags understood by RIPE-like
71 servers.
72 !!NOTES
73
74
75 Please remember that ''whois.networksolutions.com'' by
76 default will only search in the domains database. If you
77 want to search for hostnames, NIC handles or people names
78 you have to prepend the appropriate keyword (''HO''st,
79 ''HA''ndle or ''NA''me).
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82 If the ''!'' character is prepended to a NIC handle, the
83 default server becomes
84 ''whois.networksolutions.com''.
85
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87 When querying ''whois.arin.net'' for AS numbers, the
88 program will automatically convert the request in the
89 appropriate format, inserting a space after the string
90 ''
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93 When querying ''whois.ncst.ernet.in'' for a string
94 without spaces, the ''domain'' keyword is
95 prepended.
96
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98 When querying ''whois.corenic.net'', machine readable
99 output is requested.
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102 RIPE-specific options are ignored when querying non-RIPE
103 servers.
104 !!Files
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107 /etc/whois.conf
108 !!ENVIRONMENT
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111 LANG
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114 When querying ''whois.nic.ad.jp'' english text is
115 requested unless the ''LANG'' environment variable
116 specifies a Japanese locale.
117
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119 WHOIS_SERVER
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122 This server will be queried if the program cannot guess
123 where the object is located. If the variable does not exist
124 then ''whois.internic.net'' will be queried.
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127 WHOIS_HIDE
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130 If this variable is defined, legal disclaimers will be
131 hidden even if the ''-H'' flag is not used.
132 !!SEE ALSO
133
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135 ''RFC 812'': NICNAME/WHOIS
136
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138 ''RIPE-157'', ''RIPE-189'': RIPE NCC Database
139 Documentation
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142 Detailed help on available flags can be found in
143 ''RIPE-157'' or in the help file which can be obtained
144 with the command:
145
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147 __whois -h whois.ripe.net HELP__
148 !!HISTORY
149
150
151 This program closely tracks the user interface of the whois
152 client developed at RIPE by Ambrose Magee and others on the
153 base of the original BSD client. I also added support for
154 the protocol extensions developed by David Kessens of QWest
155 for the 6bone server.
156 !!AUTHOR
157
158
159 __Whois__ and this man page were written by Marco d'Itri
160 __md@linux.it''
161 ''
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