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.TH WHOIS "1" "September 2021" "GNU inetutils 2.2" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
whois \- Whois user interface
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B whois
[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR...] \fI\,OBJECT\/\fR...
.SH DESCRIPTION
client for the whois directory service
.IP
RIPE\-specific options
.TP
\fB\-a\fR
search all databases
.TP
\fB\-F\fR
fast raw output (implies \fB\-r\fR)
.TP
\fB\-g\fR SOURCE:FIRST\-LAST
find updates from SOURCE from serial FIRST to LAST
.TP
\fB\-i\fR ATTR[,ATTR]...
do an inverse lookup for specified ATTRibutes
.TP
\fB\-l\fR
one level less specific lookup (RPSL only)
.TP
\fB\-L\fR
find all Less specific matches
.TP
\fB\-m\fR
find first level more specific matches
.TP
\fB\-M\fR
find all More specific matches
.TP
\fB\-q\fR version|sources
query specified server info (RPSL only)
.TP
\fB\-r\fR
turn off recursive lookups
.TP
\fB\-R\fR
force to show local copy of the domain object even
if it contains referral
.TP
\fB\-s\fR SOURCE[,SOURCE]...
search the database from SOURCE
.TP
\fB\-S\fR
tell server to leave out syntactic sugar
.TP
\fB\-t\fR TYPE
requests template for object of TYPE ('all' for a
list)
.TP
\fB\-T\fR TYPE[,TYPE]...
only look for objects of TYPE
.TP
\fB\-x\fR
exact match only (RPSL only)
.IP
General options
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-server\fR=\fI\,HOST\/\fR
connect to server HOST
.TP
\fB\-H\fR
hide legal disclaimers
.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-port\fR=\fI\,PORT\/\fR
connect to PORT
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
explain what is being done
.TP
\-?, \fB\-\-help\fR
give this help list
.TP
\fB\-\-usage\fR
give a short usage message
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
print program version
.PP
Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional
for any corresponding short options.
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Marco d'Itri.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug\-inetutils@gnu.org>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B whois
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B whois
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info whois
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.