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WHOIS(1)		     BSD Reference Manual		      WHOIS(1)

NAME
     whois - Internet user name directory service

SYNOPSIS
     whois [-h hostname] name ...

DESCRIPTION
     Whois looks up records in the Network Information Center (NIC) database.

     The operands specified to whois are concatenated together (separated by
     white-space) and presented to the whois server.

     Whois uses the server listed in /etc/whois.conf, or the default NIC
     (whois.internic.net).  This can be overridden by the command line option:

     -h	     Use the server listed on the command line.

     All command-line options, except -h are sent to the remote whois server
     and not processed locally.

     The default action, unless directed otherwise with a special name, is to
     do a very broad search, looking for matches to name in all types of
     records and most fields (name, nicknames, hostname, net address, etc.) in
     the database.  For more information as to what name operands have special
     meaning, and how to guide the search, use the special name ``help''.

SEE ALSO
     RFC 812: Nicname/Whois

     RIPE-157: RIPE NCC database documentation

HISTORY
     The whois command appeared in 4.3BSD.

4.3 Berkeley Distribution	 June 20, 1994				     1

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