whois(1) [hpux man page]

whois(1)						      General Commands Manual							  whois(1)

NAME

       whois - Internet user name directory service

SYNOPSIS

       hostname] name

DESCRIPTION

       looks up records in the Network Information Center database.

       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''.

   Options
       supports the following option:

	      use the specified host instead of the default NIC.

EXAMPLES

       Look up user John Doe

DEPENDENCIES

       The machine making the enquiry must be able to route the request over the network to the specified host, or to the default NIC.

AUTHOR

       was developed by the University of California, Berkeley.

SEE ALSO

       RFC 854: Nicname/Whois

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whois(1)							   User Commands							  whois(1)

NAME

       whois - Internet user name directory service

SYNOPSIS

       whois [-h host] identifier

DESCRIPTION

       whois  searches	for  an  Internet directory entry for an identifier which is either a name (such as ``Smith'') or a handle (such as ``SRI-
       NIC''). To force a name-only search, precede the name with a period; to force a handle-only search, precede the handle with an  exclamation
       point.

       To  search  for	a  group or organization entry, precede the argument with * (an asterisk). The entire membership list of the group will be
       displayed with the record.

       You may of course use an exclamation point and asterisk, or a period and asterisk together.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Using The whois Command

       The command:

       example% whois Smith
       looks for the name or handle SMITH.

       The command:

       example% whois !SRI-NIC
       looks for the handle SRI-NIC only.

       The command:

       example% whois .Smith, John
       looks for the name JOHN SMITH only.

       Adding ... to the name or handle argument will match anything from that point; that is, ZU ... will match ZUL, ZUM, and so on.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWrcmdc 		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       attributes(5)

SunOS 5.10							    6 Nov 2000								  whois(1)