1WHOIS.CONF(5)                  Debian GNU/Linux                  WHOIS.CONF(5)
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NAME

6       whois.conf - alternative WHOIS servers list for whois client
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SYNOPSIS

10       /etc/whois.conf
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DESCRIPTION

14       This  file  contains a list of WHOIS servers which can augment or over‐
15       ride the built-in list of the client.
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17       It's a plain text file in ASCII encoding. Each  line  consists  of  two
18       fields:  a pattern to match WHOIS object identifier and a corresponding
19       WHOIS server domain name.
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21       Fields are separated by non-empty sequence of space or a tabular  char‐
22       acters.   A  line  starting with a hash character is a free comment and
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25       The pattern is case-insensitive extended regular  expression  if  whois
26       client has been compiled with POSIX regular expressions support. Other‐
27       wise, simple case-insensitive suffix comparison  against  WHOIS  object
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30       Internationalized domain names (IDN) must be specified in ascii-compat‐
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EXAMPLE

35       \.nz$             nz.whois-servers.net
36       # Hangul Korean TLD
37       \.xn--3e0b707e$   whois.kr
38       # Private ASNs
39       ^as645(1[2-9]|2[0-9]|3[0-4])$    whois.example.net
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FILES

43       /etc/whois.conf
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SEE ALSO

47       whois(1)
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AUTHOR

51       This manual page was written by Petr Písař <ppisar@redhat.com>  and  is
52       licensed  under  the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2
53       or higher.
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57Petr Písař                        2019-12-30                     WHOIS.CONF(5)
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