1 .TH WHOIS 1 "Oct 2, 2009"
   2 .SH NAME
   3 \fBwhois\fP
   4 \- Internet domain name and network number directory service
   5 .SH SYNOPSIS
   6 .br
   7 \fBwhois\fP
   8 [\fB\-aAbfgiIklmQr\fP]
   9 [\fB\-c\fP \fIcountry-code\fP | \fIFl\fP h \fIhost\fP]
  10 [\fB\-p\fP \fIport\fP]
  11 \fIname\fP...
  12 .SH DESCRIPTION
  13 The
  14 \fBwhois\fP
  15 utility looks up records in the databases maintained by several
  16 Network Information Centers (NICs).
  17 
  18 The options are as follows:
  19 .TP
  20 \fB\-a\fP
  21 Use the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) database.
  22 It contains network numbers used in those parts of the world covered neither by
  23 APNIC, AfriNIC, LACNIC, nor by RIPE.
  24 
  25 (Hint: All point of contact handles in the ARIN whois database end with -ARIN.)
  26 

   1 .TH WHOIS 1 "Oct 2, 2009"
   2 .SH NAME
   3 \fBwhois\fP
   4 \- Internet domain name and network number directory service
   5 .SH SYNOPSIS

   6 \fBwhois\fP
   7 [\fB\-aAbfgiIklmQr\fP]
   8 [\fB\-c\fP \fIcountry-code\fP | \fIFl\fP h \fIhost\fP]
   9 [\fB\-p\fP \fIport\fP]
  10 \fIname\fP...
  11 .SH DESCRIPTION
  12 The
  13 \fBwhois\fP
  14 utility looks up records in the databases maintained by several
  15 Network Information Centers (NICs).
  16 
  17 The options are as follows:
  18 .TP
  19 \fB\-a\fP
  20 Use the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) database.
  21 It contains network numbers used in those parts of the world covered neither by
  22 APNIC, AfriNIC, LACNIC, nor by RIPE.
  23 
  24 (Hint: All point of contact handles in the ARIN whois database end with -ARIN.)
  25