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- whois(1)
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- Name
- whois - DARPA Internet user name directory service
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- Syntax
- whois [ -h _s_e_r_v_e_r_n_a_m_e ] _n_a_m_e
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- Description
- The _w_h_o_i_s command allows you to look up people, hosts, and organizations
- in the database kept by the Network Information Center (NIC) at SRI
- International. The _n_a_m_e can be the last name of a registered user, or
- the name of a registered Internet host, or other things recognized by
- the whois server. Not all users, and only a few Internet hosts, are
- registered with the NIC. If the _n_a_m_e argument contains white space or
- other special characters, you must surround it with double quote (")
- marks to prevent its interpretation by the shell.
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- The WHOIS server at the NIC will provide more information on doing com-
- plex searches if you do
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- whois "?"
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- (note the quotes around the question mark), or even more information if
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- whois help
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- Options
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- -h _s_e_r_v_e_r_n_a_m_e Specifies the whois server on a host other than the
- default (NIC.DDN.MIL).
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- Examples
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- whois cerf
- whois dec.com
- whois -h ns.nic.ddn.mil knuth
- whois smith
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- Note that the last example, at least, will match many records (and may
- take fairly long to complete). The whois server at the NIC will
- automatically provide information on how to single out one record.
- Remember to put quotes around strings that contain `!' characters.
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- See Also
- RFC 812: Nicname/Whois
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