Fix a typo. Don't call options flags. Remove some documentation that
is no longer applicable to whois. Bump document date.
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.\" From: @(#)whois.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd September 4, 2001
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.Dd December 15, 2001
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.Dt WHOIS 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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@ -165,9 +165,8 @@ Do a quick lookup.
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This means that
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.Nm
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will not attempt to lookup the name in the authoritative whois
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server (if one is listed) nor will it contact InterNic if a lookup
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fails.
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This flag has no effect when combined with any other flag.
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server (if one is listed).
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This option has no effect when combined with any other options.
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.It Fl r
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Use the R\(aaeseaux IP Europ\(aaeens
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.Pq Tn RIPE
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@ -195,22 +194,8 @@ It contains network names and addresses for the IPv6 network.
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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 Li help .
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are treated independently and may be used
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as queries on different whois servers.
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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Most types of data, such as domain names and
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.Tn IP
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will choose the correct whois server to query.
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Some exceptions, where
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.Nm
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will not be able to handled data correctly, are detailed below.
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will not be able to handle data correctly, are detailed below.
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.Pp
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To obtain contact information about an
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administrator located in the Russian
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