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| 33.\" $FreeBSD: head/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 53048 1999-11-09 09:01:38Z ache $ | 33.\" $FreeBSD: head/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 53291 1999-11-17 19:11:51Z ache $ |
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| 35.Dd February 1, 1999 | 35.Dd November 17, 1999 |
| 36.Dt WHOIS 1 37.Os BSD 4.3 38.Sh NAME 39.Nm whois 40.Nd Internet domain name and network number directory service 41.Sh SYNOPSIS 42.Nm whois | 36.Dt WHOIS 1 37.Os BSD 4.3 38.Sh NAME 39.Nm whois 40.Nd Internet domain name and network number directory service 41.Sh SYNOPSIS 42.Nm whois |
| 43.Op Fl adgiprR | 43.Op Fl adgimpQrR |
| 44.Op Fl h Ar host 45.Ar name ... 46.Sh DESCRIPTION 47.Nm Whois 48looks up records in the databases maintained by several 49Network Information Centers 50.Pq Tn NICs . 51.Pp --- 10 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 62Use the US Department of Defense 63database. It contains points of contact for subdomains of 64.Tn \&.MIL . 65.It Fl g 66Use the US non-military federal government database, which contains points of 67contact for subdomains of 68.Tn \&.GOV . 69.It Fl h Ar host | 44.Op Fl h Ar host 45.Ar name ... 46.Sh DESCRIPTION 47.Nm Whois 48looks up records in the databases maintained by several 49Network Information Centers 50.Pq Tn NICs . 51.Pp --- 10 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 62Use the US Department of Defense 63database. It contains points of contact for subdomains of 64.Tn \&.MIL . 65.It Fl g 66Use the US non-military federal government database, which contains points of 67contact for subdomains of 68.Tn \&.GOV . 69.It Fl h Ar host |
| 70Use the specified host instead of the default NIC 71(whois.crsnic.net). | 70Use the specified host instead of the default variant. |
| 72Either a host name or an IP address may be specified. | 71Either a host name or an IP address may be specified. |
| 72.Pp 73By default 74.Nm 75construct the name of a whois server to use from the top-level domain 76.Pq Tn TLD 77of the supplied (single) argument, and appending ".whois-servers.net". 78This effectively allows a suitable whois server to be selected 79automatically for a large number of TLDs. 80If no required whois-servers.net subdomain found, fallback 81to whois.crsnic.net provided. |
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| 73.It Fl i 74Use the Network Solutions Registry for Internet Numbers 75.Pq Tn InterNIC 76database. It contains network numbers and domain contact information 77for most of 78.Tn \&.COM , 79.Tn \&.NET , 80.Tn \&.ORG 81and 82.Tn \&.EDU 83domains. | 82.It Fl i 83Use the Network Solutions Registry for Internet Numbers 84.Pq Tn InterNIC 85database. It contains network numbers and domain contact information 86for most of 87.Tn \&.COM , 88.Tn \&.NET , 89.Tn \&.ORG 90and 91.Tn \&.EDU 92domains. |
| 93.It Fl m 94Use the Route Arbiter Database 95.Pq Tn RADB 96database. It contains route policy specifications for a large 97number of operators' networks. |
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| 84.It Fl p 85Use the Asia/Pacific Network Information Center 86.Pq Tn APNIC 87database. It contains network numbers used in East Asia, Australia, 88New Zealand, and the Pacific islands. | 98.It Fl p 99Use the Asia/Pacific Network Information Center 100.Pq Tn APNIC 101database. It contains network numbers used in East Asia, Australia, 102New Zealand, and the Pacific islands. |
| 103.It Fl Q 104Do a quick lookup. This means that 105.Nm 106will not attempt to lookup the name in the authoratative whois 107server (if one is listed) nor will it contact InterNic if a lookup 108fails. This flag has no effect when combined with any other flag. |
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| 89.It Fl r 90Use the R\(aaeseaux IP Europ\(aaeens 91.Pq Tn RIPE 92database. It contains network numbers and domain contact information 93for Europe. 94.It Fl R 95Use the Russia Network Information Center 96.Pq Tn RIPN --- 36 unchanged lines hidden --- | 109.It Fl r 110Use the R\(aaeseaux IP Europ\(aaeens 111.Pq Tn RIPE 112database. It contains network numbers and domain contact information 113for Europe. 114.It Fl R 115Use the Russia Network Information Center 116.Pq Tn RIPN --- 36 unchanged lines hidden --- |