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97 lines
3.0 KiB
Groff
.TH WHOIS 1 "3 December 1999" "Marco d'Itri" "Debian GNU/Linux"
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.SH NAME
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whois \- client for the whois directory service
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B whois
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[\~\fB-h\fP\~\fIHOST\fP\~]
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[\~\fB-p\fP\~ \fIPORT\fP\~]
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[\~\fB-aCFHlLMmrRSVx\fP\~]
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[\~\fB-g\fP\~\fISOURCE:FIRST-LAST\fP\~]
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[\~\fB-i\fP\~\fIATTR\fP\~]
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[\~\fB-S\fP\~\fISOURCE\fP\~]
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[\~\fB-T\fP\~\fITYPE\fP\~]
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.I object
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.B whois
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[\~\fI-t\fP\~]
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[\~\fI-v\fP\~]
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.I template
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.B whois
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[\~\fI-q\fP\~]
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.I keyword
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.PP
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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\fBwhois\fP searches for an object in a \fIRFC-812\fP database.
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This version of the whois client tries to guess the right server to
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ask for the specified object. If no guess can be made it will connect
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to whois.internic.net for domains,
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.\" whois.networksolutions.com for nic handles,
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whois.arin.net for IPv4 addresses and whois.6bone.net for
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IPv6 addresses.
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.PP
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP 8
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.B \-h HOST
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Connect to HOST.
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.TP 8
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.B \-H
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Do not display the legal disclaimers some registries like to show you.
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.TP 8
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.B \-p PORT
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Connect to PORT.
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.TP 8
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.B \-V
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Be verbose.
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.TP 8
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Other options are flags understood by RIPE-like servers.
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.SH NOTES
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Please remember that \fIwhois.networksolutions.com\fP by default will
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only search in the domains database. If you want to search for hostnames,
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NIC handles or people names you have to prepend the appropriate keyword
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(\fIHO\fPst, \fIHA\fPndle or \fINA\fPme).
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.P
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If the \fI!\fP character is prepended to a NIC handle, the default
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server becomes \fIwhois.networksolutions.com\fP.
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.P
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When querying \fIwhois.arin.net\fP for AS numbers, the program will
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automatically convert the request in the appropriate format, inserting
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a space after the string "AS".
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.P
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When querying \fIwhois.ncst.ernet.in\fP for a string without spaces, the
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\fIdomain\fP keyword is prepended.
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.P
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When querying \fIwhois.corenic.net\fP, machine readable output is requested.
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.P
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RIPE-specific options are ignored when querying non-RIPE servers.
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.SH ENVIRONMENT
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.IP LANG
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When querying \fIwhois.nic.ad.jp\fP english text is requested unless the
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\fILANG\fP environment variable specifies a Japanese locale.
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.IP "WHOIS_SERVER"
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This server will be queried if the program cannot guess where the object
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is located. If the variable does not exist then
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\fIwhois.internic.net\fP will be queried.
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.IP "WHOIS_HIDE"
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If this variable is defined, legal disclaimers will be hidden even if
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the \fI-H\fP flag is not used.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\fIRFC 812\fP: NICNAME/WHOIS
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.PP
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\fIRIPE-157\fP, \fIRIPE-189\fP: RIPE NCC Database Documentation
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.PP
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Detailed help on available flags can be found in \fIRIPE-157\fP or in
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the help file which can be obtained with the command:
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.IP
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.B whois -h whois.ripe.net HELP
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.SH HISTORY
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This program closely tracks the user interface of the whois client
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developed at RIPE by Ambrose Magee and others on the base of the
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original BSD client.
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I also added support for the protocol extensions developed by David
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Kessens of QWest for the 6bone server.
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.SH AUTHOR
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.B Whois
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and this man page were written by Marco d'Itri <\fImd@linux.it\fP>
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and are licensed under the GPL.
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