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authorMarco d'Itri <md@linux.it>1999-11-15 00:59:07 +0100
committerMarco d'Itri <md@linux.it>2013-03-30 02:31:26 +0100
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-.TH WHOIS 1 "8 October 1999" "Marco d'Itri" "Debian GNU/Linux"
+.TH WHOIS 1 "15 November 1999" "Marco d'Itri" "Debian GNU/Linux"
.SH NAME
whois \- client for the whois directory service
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -65,6 +65,19 @@ to find the registrar for a GTLD subdomain. This option overrides
Be verbose.
.TP 8
Other options are flags understood by RIPE-like servers.
+.SH FEATURES
+When querying
+.I whois.arin.net
+for AS numbers, the program will automatically convert the request in
+the appropriate format, inserting a space after the string "AS".
+.P
+When querying
+.I whois.nic.ad.jp
+english text is requested unless the
+.I LANG
+environment variable specifies a Japanese locale.
+.P
+RIPE-specific options are ignored when querying non-RIPE servers.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.I RFC 812:
NICNAME/WHOIS
@@ -74,7 +87,7 @@ RIPE NCC Database Documentation
.PP
Detailed help on available flags can be found in
.I RIPE-157
-or in the help file, which can be downloaded with the command:
+or in the help file, which can be obtained with the command:
.IP
.B whois -h whois.ripe.net HELP
.SH HISTORY
@@ -87,4 +100,3 @@ Kessens of QWest for the 6bone server.
.B Whois
and this man page were written by Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it>
and are licensed under the GPL.
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