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NAME

6       jwhois - client for the whois service
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SYNOPSIS

9       jwhois  [ OPTIONS ]...  [ QUERY ]
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DESCRIPTION

12       jwhois searches Whois servers for the object on the command line.
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14       The host to query is taken from a global configuration file, a configu‐
15       ration file specified on the command line, or selected directly on  the
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OPTIONS

20       --version
21              display version, authors and licensing information.
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23       --help display a short help text.
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25       -c FILE --config=FILE
26              uses FILE as a configuration file instead of the default.
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28       -h HOST --host=HOST
29              overrides  any  hosts in the configuration file and queries HOST
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32       -p PORT --port=PORT
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35       -f --force-lookup
36              forces a query to be made to a host even if a current object  is
37              available from the cache.
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39       -v --verbose
40              outputs  verbose  debugging  information while running (use this
41              before sending a bugreport to ensure that it's indeed a bug  and
42              not  a misconfiguration). You can increase the verbosity by giv‐
43              ing several verbose commands to jwhois, such as -vv.
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45       -n --no-redirect
46              disable features  that  redirect  queries  from  one  server  to
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49       -s --no-whoisservers
50              disable the built-in support for whois-servers.net.
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52       -a --raw
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56       -i --display-redirections
57              display every step in a redirection (default is to display  only
58              the last answer).
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60       -d --disable-cache
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63       -r --rwhois
64              force  the  query to use the rwhois protocoll instead of HTTP or
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67       --rwhois-display=DISPLAY
68              asks receiving rwhois servers to display the results in the DIS‐
69              PLAY display instead of the default dump display.
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71       --rwhois-limit=LIMIT
72              asks  receiving rwhois servers to limit their responses to LIMIT
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76   RIPE EXTENSIONS
77       To use the options specified in RIPE Document 157, you need  to  change
78       the  format  of  the  query  slightly.   If  you were to search for all
79       entries in the RIPE database which lists the admin-c, tech-c or  zone-c
80       as CO19-RIPE, you could use the following command syntax:
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82       jwhois -h whois.ripe.net -- -i admin-c,tech-c,zone-c CO19-RIPE
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84       -- is used to separate the RIPE options from the jwhois options.
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SEE ALSO

88       whois(1)
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