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9313def3 | 1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1985, 1990 The Regents of the University of California. |
ca8deeb5 | 2 | .\" All rights reserved. |
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9313def3 | 4 | .\" %sccs.include.redist.roff% |
ca8deeb5 | 5 | .\" |
a19b380d | 6 | .\" @(#)whois.1 6.7 (Berkeley) %G% |
6be9699a | 7 | .\" |
9313def3 | 8 | .Dd |
a19b380d | 9 | .Dt WHOIS 1 |
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10 | .Os BSD 4.3 |
11 | .Sh NAME | |
12 | .Nm whois | |
13 | .Nd Internet user name directory service | |
14 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
15 | .Nm whois | |
16 | .Op Fl h Ar hostname | |
17 | .Ar name ... | |
18 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
19 | .Nm Whois | |
20 | looks up records in the Network Information Center | |
21 | .Pq Tn NIC | |
5e795b22 | 22 | database. |
9313def3 | 23 | .Pp |
5e795b22 | 24 | The options are as follows: |
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25 | .Bl -tag -width Ds |
26 | .It Fl h | |
5e795b22 | 27 | Use the specified host instead of the default NIC (nic.ddn.mil). |
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28 | .El |
29 | .Pp | |
5e795b22 | 30 | The operands specified to |
9313def3 | 31 | .Nm whois |
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32 | are concatenated together (separated by white-space) and presented to |
33 | the | |
9313def3 | 34 | .Nm whois |
5e795b22 | 35 | server. |
9313def3 | 36 | .Pp |
5e795b22 | 37 | The default action, unless directed otherwise with a special |
9313def3 | 38 | .Ar name , |
5e795b22 | 39 | is to do a very broad search, looking for matches to |
9313def3 | 40 | .Ar name |
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41 | in all types of records and most fields (name, nicknames, hostname, net |
42 | address, etc.) in the database. | |
43 | For more information as to what | |
9313def3 | 44 | .Ar name |
5e795b22 | 45 | operands have special meaning, and how to guide the search, use |
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46 | the special name |
47 | .Dq Ar help . | |
48 | .Sh SEE ALSO | |
5e795b22 | 49 | RFC 812: Nicname/Whois |
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50 | .Sh HISTORY |
51 | The | |
a19b380d | 52 | .Nm whois |
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53 | command appeared in |
54 | .Bx 4.3 . |