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whois

whois(1)						      General Commands Manual							  whois(1)

NAME

       whois - Internet username directory service

SYNOPSIS

       whois [-h server] name...

       The whois command looks up user, host, and organization names in the Network Information Center (NIC) database.

OPTIONS

       Specifies a whois server other than the default server rs.internic.net.

DESCRIPTION

       The  name  argument  can specify the following: The name of a registered user The name of a registered Internet host The name of some other
       entity recognized by the whois server By default, the whois command queries the host rs.internic.net.

       The operands specified  to the whois command are concatenated together (separated by white-space) and presented to the  whois  the  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 (such as name, nicknames, host name, and network address) 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.

EXAMPLES

       To display the NIC database entry for the organization osf.org, enter: whois osf.org Open Software Foundation (OSF-DOM) 11 Cambridge Center
       Cambridge, MAS 02142

       Domain Name:  OSF.ORG .	.  .

SEE ALSO

       DARPA Internet Request for Comment: NICKNAME/WHOIS (RFC 812)

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