1WHOIS(1)                    General Commands Manual                   WHOIS(1)
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NAME

6       whois - DARPA Internet user name directory service
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SYNOPSIS

9       whois name
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DESCRIPTION

12       whois help
13              Produces a helpful message similar to the following:
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15       Please  enter a name or a handle (``ident"), such as ``Smith" or ``SRI-
16       NIC".  Starting with a period forces a name-only search; starting  with
17       exclamation point forces handle-only.  Examples:
18            Smith               [looks for name or handle SMITH    ]
19            !SRI-NIC            [looks for handle SRI-NIC only     ]
20            .Smith, John        [looks for name JOHN SMITH only    ]
21       Adding ``..." to the argument will match anything from that point, e.g.
22       ``ZU..." will match ZUL, ZUM, etc.
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24       To have the ENTIRE membership list of a group or organization,  if  you
25       are asking about a group or org, shown with the record, use an asterisk
26       character `*' directly preceding  the  given  argument.   [CAUTION:  If
27       there  are  a  lot  of members this will take a long time!]  You may of
28       course use exclamation point and asterisk, or  a  period  and  asterisk
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SEE ALSO

32       RFC 812:  Nicname/Whois
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364.3 Berkeley Distribution        June 6, 1985                         WHOIS(1)