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version 1.20, 2003/06/03 02:56:23 version 1.21, 2003/06/10 09:12:13
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 .Nm  .Nm
 utility looks up records in the databases maintained by several  utility looks up records in the databases maintained by several
 Network Information Centers  Network Information Centers
 .Pq Tn NICs Ns .  .Pq Tn NICs .
 .Pp  .Pp
 The options are as follows:  The options are as follows:
 .Bl -tag -width Ds  .Bl -tag -width Ds
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 .It Fl d  .It Fl d
 Use the US Department of Defense database.  Use the US Department of Defense database.
 It contains points of contact for subdomains of  It contains points of contact for subdomains of
 .Tn \&.MIL Ns .  .Tn \&.MIL .
 .It Fl g  .It Fl g
 Use the US non-military federal government database, which contains points of  Use the US non-military federal government database, which contains points of
 contact for subdomains of  contact for subdomains of
 .Tn \&.GOV Ns .  .Tn \&.GOV .
 .It Fl h Ar host  .It Fl h Ar host
 Use the specified host instead of the default NIC  Use the specified host instead of the default NIC
 (whois.crsnic.net).  (whois.crsnic.net).
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 .Tn TLDs .  .Tn TLDs .
 .Pp  .Pp
 In the event that an IP  In the event that an IP
 address is specified, the whois server will default to the American  address is specified, the whois server will default to the American
 Registry for Internet Numbers  Registry for Internet Numbers
 .Pq Tn ARIN .  .Pq Tn ARIN .
 If a query to  If a query to
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 database  database
 .Pq Pa whois.internic.net  .Pq Pa whois.internic.net
 is no longer handled by Network Solutions, Inc.  is no longer handled by Network Solutions, Inc.
 For details, see  For details, see
 .Pa http://www.internic.net/ .  .Pa http://www.internic.net/ .
 .Pp  .Pp
 (Hint: Contact information, identified by the term  (Hint: Contact information, identified by the term
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 .Pq Tn LACNIC  .Pq Tn LACNIC
 database.  database.
 It contains network numbers used in much of Latin America and the  It contains network numbers used in much of Latin America and the
 Caribbean.  Caribbean.
 .It Fl m  .It Fl m
 Use the Route Arbiter Database  Use the Route Arbiter Database
 .Pq Tn RADB  .Pq Tn RADB
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 database.  database.
 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 .
 This option is deprecated; use the  This option is deprecated; use the
 .Fl c  .Fl c
 option with an argument of  option with an argument of
 .Qq Li RU  .Qq Li RU
 instead.  instead.
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 .Dq Li query-data  .Dq Li query-data
 is the query to be sent to  is the query to be sent to
 .Dq Li whois.example.com  .Dq Li whois.example.com
 on port  on port
 .Dq Li rwhois  .Dq Li rwhois
 (written numerically as 4321).  (written numerically as 4321).
 .Pp  .Pp
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