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+.TH WHOIS 1 "3 December 1999" "Marco d'Itri" "Debian GNU/Linux"
+.SH NAME
+whois \- client for the whois directory service
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B whois
+[\~\fB-h\fP\~\fIHOST\fP\~]
+[\~\fB-p\fP\~ \fIPORT\fP\~]
+[\~\fB-aCFHlLMmrRSVx\fP\~]
+[\~\fB-g\fP\~\fISOURCE:FIRST-LAST\fP\~]
+[\~\fB-i\fP\~\fIATTR\fP\~]
+[\~\fB-S\fP\~\fISOURCE\fP\~]
+[\~\fB-T\fP\~\fITYPE\fP\~]
+.I object
+
+.B whois
+[\~\fI-t\fP\~]
+[\~\fI-v\fP\~]
+.I template
+.B whois
+[\~\fI-q\fP\~]
+.I keyword
+.PP
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+\fBwhois\fP searches for an object in a \fIRFC-812\fP database.
+
+This version of the whois client tries to guess the right server to
+ask for the specified object. If no guess can be made it will connect
+to whois.internic.net for domains,
+.\" whois.networksolutions.com for nic handles,
+whois.arin.net for IPv4 addresses and whois.6bone.net for
+IPv6 addresses.
+.PP
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP 8
+.B \-h HOST
+Connect to HOST.
+.TP 8
+.B \-H
+Do not display the legal disclaimers some registries like to show you.
+.TP 8
+.B \-p PORT
+Connect to PORT.
+.TP 8
+.B \-V
+Be verbose.
+.TP 8
+Other options are flags understood by RIPE-like servers.
+.SH NOTES
+Please remember that \fIwhois.networksolutions.com\fP by default will
+only search in the domains database. If you want to search for hostnames,
+NIC handles or people names you have to prepend the appropriate keyword
+(\fIHO\fPst, \fIHA\fPndle or \fINA\fPme).
+.P
+If the \fI!\fP character is prepended to a NIC handle, the default
+server becomes \fIwhois.networksolutions.com\fP.
+.P
+When querying \fIwhois.arin.net\fP for AS numbers, the program will
+automatically convert the request in the appropriate format, inserting
+a space after the string "AS".
+.P
+When querying \fIwhois.ncst.ernet.in\fP for a string without spaces, the
+\fIdomain\fP keyword is prepended.
+.P
+When querying \fIwhois.corenic.net\fP, machine readable output is requested.
+.P
+RIPE-specific options are ignored when querying non-RIPE servers.
+.SH ENVIRONMENT
+.IP LANG
+When querying \fIwhois.nic.ad.jp\fP english text is requested unless the
+\fILANG\fP environment variable specifies a Japanese locale.
+.IP "WHOIS_SERVER"
+This server will be queried if the program cannot guess where the object
+is located. If the variable does not exist then
+\fIwhois.internic.net\fP will be queried.
+.IP "WHOIS_HIDE"
+If this variable is defined, legal disclaimers will be hidden even if
+the \fI-H\fP flag is not used.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+\fIRFC 812\fP: NICNAME/WHOIS
+.PP
+\fIRIPE-157\fP, \fIRIPE-189\fP: RIPE NCC Database Documentation
+.PP
+Detailed help on available flags can be found in \fIRIPE-157\fP or in
+the help file which can be obtained with the command:
+.IP
+.B whois -h whois.ripe.net HELP
+.SH HISTORY
+This program closely tracks the user interface of the whois client
+developed at RIPE by Ambrose Magee and others on the base of the
+original BSD client.
+I also added support for the protocol extensions developed by David
+Kessens of QWest for the 6bone server.
+.SH AUTHOR
+.B Whois
+and this man page were written by Marco d'Itri <\fImd@linux.it\fP>
+and are licensed under the GPL.