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   1 WHOIS(1)                         User Commands                        WHOIS(1)
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   5 NAME
   6        whois - Internet domain name and network number directory service
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   8 SYNOPSIS
   9        whois [-aAbfgiIklmQr] [-c country-code | Fl h host] [-p port] name...
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  11 DESCRIPTION
  12        The whois utility looks up records in the databases maintained by
  13        several Network Information Centers (NICs).
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  15        The options are as follows:
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  17        -a     Use the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) database.
  18               It contains network numbers used in those parts of the world
  19               covered neither by APNIC, AfriNIC, LACNIC, nor by RIPE.
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  21               (Hint: All point of contact handles in the ARIN whois database
  22               end with -ARIN.)
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  25        -A     Use the Asia/Pacific Network Information Center (APNIC)
  26               database.  It contains network numbers used in East Asia,
  27               Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific islands.
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  29        -b     Use the Network Abuse Clearinghouse database.  It contains
  30               addresses to which network abuse should be reported, indexed by
  31               domain name.
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  33        -c country-code
  34               This is the equivalent of using the -h option with an argument
  35               of country-code.whois-servers.net.
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  37        -f     Use the African Network Information Centre (AfriNIC) database.
  38               It contains network numbers used in Africa and the islands of
  39               the western Indian Ocean.
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  41        -g     Use the US non-military federal government database, which
  42               contains points of contact for subdomains of .GOV.
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  44        -h host
  45               Use the specified host instead of the default variant.  Either a
  46               host name or an IP address may be specified.
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  48               By default whois constructs the name of a whois server to use
  49               from the top-level domain (TLD) of the supplied (single)
  50               argument, and appending .whois-servers.net .  This effectively
  51               allows a suitable whois server to be selected automatically for
  52               a large number of TLDs.
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  54               In the event that an IP address is specified, the whois server
  55               will default to the American Registry for Internet Numbers
  56               (ARIN).  If a query to ARIN references APNIC, AfriNIC, LACNIC,
  57               or RIPE, that server will be queried also, provided that the -Q
  58               option is not specified.
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  60               If the query is not a domain name or IP address, whois will fall
  61               back to whois.crsnic.net.
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  63        -i     Use the Network Solutions Registry for Internet Numbers
  64               (whois.networksolutions.com) database.  It contains network
  65               numbers and domain contact information for most of
  66               .COM,.NET,.ORG and .EDU domains.
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  68               NOTE !  The registration of these domains is now done by a
  69               number of independent and competing registrars and this database
  70               holds no information on the domains registered by organizations
  71               other than Network Solutions, Inc.  Also, note that the InterNIC
  72               database (whois.internic.net) is no longer handled by Network
  73               Solutions, Inc.  For details, see http://www.internic.net/.
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  75               (Hint: Contact information, identified by the term handle, can
  76               be looked up by prefixing "handle" to the NIC handle in the
  77               query.)
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  79        -I     Use the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) database.  It
  80               contains network information for top-level domains.
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  82        -k     Use the National Internet Development Agency of Korea's (KRNIC)
  83               database.  It contains network numbers and domain contact
  84               information for Korea.
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  86        -l     Use the Latin American and Caribbean IP address Regional
  87               Registry (Tn LACNIC) database.  It contains network numbers used
  88               in much of Latin America and the Caribbean.
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  90        -m     Use the Route Arbiter Database (RADB) database.  It contains
  91               route policy specifications for a large number of operators'
  92               networks.
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  94        -p port
  95               Connect to the whois server on port.  If this option is not
  96               specified, whois defaults to port 43.
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  98        -Q     Do a quick lookup.  This means that whois will not attempt to
  99               lookup the name in the authoritative whois server (if one is
 100               listed).  This option has no effect when combined with any other
 101               options.
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 103        -r     Use the R'eseaux IP Europ'eens (RIPE) database.  It contains
 104               network numbers and domain contact information for Europe.
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 106               The operands specified to whois are treated independently and
 107               may be used as queries on different whois servers.
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 109 EXIT STATUS
 110        The whois utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error      occurs.
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 112 EXAMPLES
 113        Most types of data, such as domain names and IP addresses, can be used
 114        as arguments to whois without any options, and whois will choose the
 115        correct whois server to query.  Some exceptions, where whois will not
 116        be able to handle data correctly, are detailed below.
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 118        To obtain contact information about an administrator located in the
 119        Russian TLD domain RU, use the -c option as shown in the following
 120        example, where CONTACT-ID is substituted with the actual contact
 121        identifier.
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 123        whois -c RU CONTACT-ID
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 125        (Note: This example is specific to the TLD RU, but other TLDs can be
 126        queried by using a similar syntax.)
 127 
 128        The following example demonstrates how to query a whois server using a
 129        non-standard port, where ``query-data'' is the query to be sent to
 130        ``whois.example.com'' on port ``rwhois'' (written numerically as 4321).
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 132        whois -h whois.example.com -p rwhois query-data
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 134 SEE ALSO
 135        Vic White and Ken Harrenstien, NICNAME/WHOIS, 1 March 1982, RFC 812.
 136 
 137 HISTORY
 138        The whois command appeared in 4.3BSD.
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 142                                 October 2, 2009                       WHOIS(1)
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