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.\" Copyright (c) 1985, 1990, 1993
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" @(#)whois.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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.Dd June 6, 1993
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.Dt WHOIS 1
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.Os BSD 4.3
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm whois
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.Nd Internet user name directory service
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm whois
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.Op Fl h Ar hostname
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.Ar name ...
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm Whois
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looks up records in the Network Information Center
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.Pq Tn NIC
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database.
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.Pp
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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width Ds
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.It Fl h
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Use the specified host instead of the default NIC (whois.internic.net).
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.El
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.Pp
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The operands specified to
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.Nm
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are concatenated together (separated by white-space) and presented to
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the
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.Nm
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server.
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.Pp
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The default action, unless directed otherwise with a special
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.Ar name ,
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is to do a very broad search, looking for matches to
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.Ar name
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in all types of records and most fields (name, nicknames, hostname, net
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address, etc.) in the database.
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For more information as to what
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.Ar name
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operands have special meaning, and how to guide the search, use
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the special name
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.Dq Ar help .
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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RFC 812: Nicname/Whois
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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command appeared in
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.Bx 4.3 .
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