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ECHOPING_WHOIS(1)					      General Commands Manual						 ECHOPING_WHOIS(1)

NAME
       echoping_whois - echoping plugin which connects to a whois server

SYNOPSIS
       echoping [echoping options] -m whois hostname [-d] request

DESCRIPTION
       whois is an echoping plugin to connect to whois/nicname servers (see RFC 3912).

ARGUMENTS
       request
	      The request to the whois server (typically a domain name)

OPTIONS
       -d, --dump
	      Dumps the result of the request

SEE ALSO
       echoping(1),

AUTHOR
       Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortz@users.sourceforge.net>

								   May 26, 2004 						 ECHOPING_WHOIS(1)