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Name
       whois - DARPA Internet user name directory service

Syntax
       whois [ -h servername ] name

Description
       The  command  allows you to look up people, hosts, and organizations in
       the database kept by the Network Information Center (NIC) at SRI Inter‐
       national.   The	name 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 regis‐
       tered with the NIC.  If the name argument contains white space or other
       special characters, you must surround it with double quote (") marks to
       prevent its interpretation by the shell.

       The WHOIS server at the NIC will provide more information on doing com‐
       plex searches if you do
       whois "?"
       (note the quotes around the question mark), or even more information if
       you do
       whois help

Options
       -h servername  Specifies the whois server on  a	host  other  than  the
		      default (NIC.DDN.MIL).

Examples
       whois cerf
       whois dec.com
       whois -h ns.nic.ddn.mil knuth
       whois smith
       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	 auto‐
       matically  provide information on how to single out one record.	Remem‐
       ber to put quotes around strings that contain `!' characters.

See Also
       RFC 812:	 Nicname/Whois

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