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                     37: .Dd June 20, 1994
                     38: .Dt WHOIS 1
1.5     ! aaron      39: .Os
1.1       deraadt    40: .Sh NAME
                     41: .Nm whois
1.3       deraadt    42: .Nd Internet domain name and network number directory service
1.1       deraadt    43: .Sh SYNOPSIS
                     44: .Nm whois
1.3       deraadt    45: .Op Fl adpr
                     46: .Op Fl h Ar host
1.4       aaron      47: .Ar name Op Ar ...
1.1       deraadt    48: .Sh DESCRIPTION
1.4       aaron      49: .Nm whois
1.3       deraadt    50: looks up records in the databases maintained by several
                     51: Network Information Centers
                     52: .Pq Tn NICs Ns .
1.1       deraadt    53: .Pp
                     54: The options are as follows:
                     55: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.3       deraadt    56: .It Fl a
                     57: Use the American Registry for Internet Numbers
                     58: .Pq Tn ARIN
                     59: database.  It contains network numbers used in those parts of the world
                     60: covered neither by
                     61: .Tn APNIC nor by
                     62: .Tn RIPE .
                     63: .It Fl d
                     64: Use the (US Military) Defense Data Network
                     65: .Pq Tn DDN
                     66: database.  It contains points of contact for subdomains of
                     67: .Tn \&.MIL Ns .
                     68: .It Fl h Ar host
                     69: Use the specified host instead of the default NIC
                     70: (whois.internic.net).
                     71: Either a host name or an IP address may be specified.
                     72: .It Fl p
                     73: Use the Asia/Pacific Network Information Center
                     74: .Pq Tn APNIC
                     75: database.  It contains network numbers used in East Asia, Australia,
                     76: New Zealand, and the Pacific islands.
                     77: .It Fl r
                     78: Use the R\(aaeseaux IP Europ\(aaeens
                     79: .Pq Tn RIPE
                     80: database.  It contains network numbers and domain contact information
                     81: for Europe.
1.1       deraadt    82: .El
                     83: .Pp
                     84: The operands specified to
                     85: .Nm whois
                     86: are concatenated together (separated by white-space) and presented to
                     87: the
                     88: .Nm whois
                     89: server.
                     90: .Pp
                     91: The default action, unless directed otherwise with a special
                     92: .Ar name ,
                     93: is to do a very broad search, looking for matches to
                     94: .Ar name
                     95: in all types of records and most fields (name, nicknames, hostname, net
                     96: address, etc.) in the database.
                     97: For more information as to what
                     98: .Ar name
                     99: operands have special meaning, and how to guide the search, use
                    100: the special name
                    101: .Dq Ar help .
                    102: .Sh SEE ALSO
                    103: RFC 812: Nicname/Whois
                    104: .Sh HISTORY
                    105: The
                    106: .Nm whois
                    107: command appeared in
                    108: .Bx 4.3 .