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 whois(1)                                                           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.

 OPTIONS
      -h uses the specified host instead of the default NIC
      (whois.internic.net).

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

      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

 HISTORY
      The whois command appeared in BSD 4.3.

























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