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 .Nd Internet domain name and network number directory service  .Nd Internet domain name and network number directory service
 .Sh SYNOPSIS  .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm whois  .Nm whois
 .Op Fl adgilmpqQrR  .Op Fl adgilmpqQrR6
 .Op Fl h Ar host  .Op Fl c Ar country-code | Fl h Ar host
 .Ar name Op Ar ...  .Ar name Op Ar ...
 .Sh DESCRIPTION  .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Nm  .Nm
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 covered neither by  covered neither by
 .Tn APNIC nor by  .Tn APNIC nor by
 .Tn RIPE .  .Tn RIPE .
   .It Fl c Ar country-code
   This is the equivalent of using the
   .Fl h
   option with an argument of
   .Qq Ar country-code Ns Li .whois-servers.net .
 .It Fl d  .It Fl d
 Use the (US Military) Defense Data Network  Use the (US Military) Defense Data Network
 .Pq Tn DDN  .Pq Tn DDN
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 It contains network numbers and domain contact information  It contains network numbers and domain contact information
 for subdomains of  for subdomains of
 .Tn \&.RU Ns .  .Tn \&.RU Ns .
   .It Fl 6
   Use the IPv6 Resource Center
   .Pq Tn 6bone
   database.
   It contains network names and addresses for the IPv6 network.
 .El  .El
 .Pp  .Pp
 The operands specified to  The operands specified to
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 operands have special meaning, and how to guide the search, use  operands have special meaning, and how to guide the search, use
 the special name  the special name
 .Dq help .  .Dq help .
   .Sh EXAMPLES
   Most types of data, such as domain names and
   .Tn IP
   addresses, can be used as arguments to
   .Nm
   without any options, and
   .Nm
   will choose the correct whois server to query.
   Some exceptions, where
   .Nm
   will not be able to handle data correctly, are detailed below.
   .Pp
   To obtain contact information about an
   administrator located in the Russian
   .Tn TLD
   domain
   .Qq Li RU ,
   use the
   .Fl c
   option as shown in the following example, where
   .Ar CONTACT-ID
   is substituted with the actual contact identifier.
   .Pp
   .Dl "whois -c RU CONTACT-ID"
   .Pp
   (Note: This example is specific to the
   .Tn TLD
   .Qq Li RU ,
   but other
   .Tn TLDs
   can be queried by using a similar syntax.)
   .Pp
   The following example demonstrates how to obtain information about an
   .Tn IPv6
   address or hostname using the
   .Fl 6
   option, which directs the query to
   .Tn 6bone .
   .Pp
   .Dl "whois -6 IPv6-IP-Address"
 .Sh SEE ALSO  .Sh SEE ALSO
 RFC 812: Nicname/Whois  .Rs
   .%A Ken Harrenstien
   .%A Vic White
   .%T NICNAME/WHOIS
   .%D 1 March 1982
   .%O RFC 812
   .Re
 .Sh HISTORY  .Sh HISTORY
 The  The
 .Nm  .Nm
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