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7.1 KiB
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269 lines
7.1 KiB
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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 October 2, 2009
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.Dt WHOIS 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm whois
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.Nd "Internet domain name and network number directory service"
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl aAbfgiIklmQrR
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.Op Fl c Ar country-code | Fl h Ar host
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.Op Fl p Ar port
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.Ar name ...
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility looks up records in the databases maintained by several
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Network Information Centers
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.Pq Tn NICs .
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.Pp
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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fl a
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Use the American Registry for Internet Numbers
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.Pq Tn ARIN
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database.
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It contains network numbers used in those parts of the world covered neither by
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.Tn APNIC , AfriNIC , LACNIC ,
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nor by
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.Tn RIPE .
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.Pp
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(Hint: All point of contact handles in the
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.Tn ARIN
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whois database end with
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.Qq Li -ARIN . )
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.Pp
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.It Fl A
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Use the Asia/Pacific Network Information Center
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.Pq Tn APNIC
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database.
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It contains network numbers used in East Asia, Australia,
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New Zealand, and the Pacific islands.
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.It Fl b
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Use the Network Abuse Clearinghouse database.
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It contains addresses to which network abuse should be reported,
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indexed by domain name.
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.It Fl c Ar country-code
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This is the equivalent of using the
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.Fl h
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option with an argument of
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.Qq Ar country-code Ns Li .whois-servers.net .
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.It Fl f
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Use the African Network Information Centre
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.Pq Tn AfriNIC
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database.
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It contains network numbers used in Africa and the islands of the
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western Indian Ocean.
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.It Fl g
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Use the US non-military federal government database, which contains points of
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contact for subdomains of
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.Pa .GOV .
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.It Fl h Ar host
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Use the specified host instead of the default variant.
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Either a host name or an IP address may be specified.
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.Pp
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By default
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.Nm
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constructs the name of a whois server to use from the top-level domain
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.Pq Tn TLD
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of the supplied (single) argument, and appending
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.Qq Li .whois-servers.net .
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This effectively allows a suitable whois server to be selected
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automatically for a large number of
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.Tn TLDs .
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.Pp
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In the event that an IP
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address is specified, the whois server will default to the American
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Registry for Internet Numbers
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.Pq Tn ARIN .
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If a query to
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.Tn ARIN
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references
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.Tn APNIC , AfriNIC , LACNIC ,
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or
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.Tn RIPE ,
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that server will be queried also, provided that the
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.Fl Q
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option is not specified.
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.Pp
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If the query is not a domain name or IP address,
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.Nm
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will fall back to
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.Pa whois.crsnic.net .
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.It Fl i
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Use the Network Solutions Registry for Internet Numbers
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.Pq Pa whois.networksolutions.com
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database.
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It contains network numbers and domain contact information for most of
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.Pa .COM , .NET , .ORG
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and
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.Pa .EDU
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domains.
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.Pp
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.Sy NOTE !
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The registration of these domains is now done by a number of
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independent and competing registrars and this database holds no information
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on the domains registered by organizations other than Network Solutions, Inc.
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Also, note that the
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.Tn InterNIC
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database
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.Pq Pa whois.internic.net
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is no longer handled by Network Solutions, Inc.
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For details, see
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.Pa http://www.internic.net/ .
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.Pp
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(Hint: Contact information, identified by the term
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.Em handle ,
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can be looked up by prefixing
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.Qq Li "handle "
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to the
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.Tn NIC
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handle in the query.)
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.It Fl I
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Use the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
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.Pq Tn IANA
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database.
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It contains network information for top-level domains.
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.It Fl k
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Use the National Internet Development Agency of Korea's
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.Pq Tn KRNIC
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database.
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It contains network numbers and domain contact information
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for Korea.
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.It Fl l
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Use the Latin American and Caribbean IP address Regional Registry
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.Pq Tn LACNIC
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database.
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It contains network numbers used in much of Latin America and the
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Caribbean.
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.It Fl m
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Use the Route Arbiter Database
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.Pq Tn RADB
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database.
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It contains route policy specifications for a large
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number of operators' networks.
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.It Fl p Ar port
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Connect to the whois server on
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.Ar port .
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If this option is not specified,
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.Nm
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defaults to port 43.
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.It Fl Q
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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).
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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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database.
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It contains network numbers and domain contact information
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for Europe.
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.It Fl R
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Use the Russia Network Information Center
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.Pq Tn RIPN
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database.
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It contains network numbers and domain contact information
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for subdomains of
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.Pa .RU .
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This option is deprecated; use the
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.Fl c
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option with an argument of
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.Qq Li RU
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instead.
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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 treated independently and may be used
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as queries on different whois servers.
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.Sh EXIT STATUS
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.Ex -std
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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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addresses, can be used as arguments to
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.Nm
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without any options, and
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.Nm
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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 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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.Tn TLD
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domain
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.Qq Li RU ,
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use the
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.Fl c
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option as shown in the following example, where
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.Ar CONTACT-ID
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is substituted with the actual contact identifier.
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.Pp
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.Dl "whois -c RU CONTACT-ID"
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.Pp
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(Note: This example is specific to the
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.Tn TLD
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.Qq Li RU ,
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but other
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.Tn TLDs
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can be queried by using a similar syntax.)
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.Pp
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The following example demonstrates how to query
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a whois server using a non-standard port, where
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.Dq Li query-data
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is the query to be sent to
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.Dq Li whois.example.com
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on port
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.Dq Li rwhois
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(written numerically as 4321).
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.Pp
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.Dl "whois -h whois.example.com -p rwhois query-data"
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Rs
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.%A Ken Harrenstien
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.%A Vic White
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.%T NICNAME/WHOIS
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.%D 1 March 1982
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.%O RFC 812
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.Re
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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command appeared in
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.Bx 4.3 .
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