WHOIS

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: June 6, 1985
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NAME

whois - DARPA Internet user name directory service  

SYNOPSIS

whois name  

DESCRIPTION

whois help
Produces a helpful message similar to the following:

Please enter a name or a handle (``ident"), such as ``Smith" or ``SRI-NIC". Starting with a period forces a name-only search; starting with exclamation point forces handle-only. Examples:

        Smith                   [looks for name or handle SMITH ]
        !SRI-NIC                        [looks for handle SRI-NIC only  ]
        .Smith, John            [looks for name JOHN SMITH only ]
Adding ``..." to the argument will match anything from that point, e.g. ``ZU..." will match ZUL, ZUM, etc.

To have the ENTIRE membership list of a group or organization, if you are asking about a group or org, shown with the record, use an asterisk character `*' directly preceding the given argument. [CAUTION: If there are a lot of members this will take a long time!] You may of course use exclamation point and asterisk, or a period and asterisk together.  

SEE ALSO

RFC 812: Nicname/Whois


 

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