WHOIS(1-SysV) RISC/os Reference Manual WHOIS(1-SysV)
NAME
whois - DARPA Internet user name directory service
SYNOPSIS
whois name
DESCRIPTION
whois help
Produces a helpful message similar to the following:
Please enter a name or a handle (``ident"), such as ``Smith"
or ``SRI-NIC". Starting with a period forces a name-only
search; starting with exclamation point forces handle-only.
Examples:
Smith [looks for name or handle SMITH ]
!SRI-NIC [looks for handle SRI-NIC only ]
.Smith, John [looks for name JOHN SMITH only ]
Adding ``..." to the argument will match anything from that
point, e.g. ``ZU..." will match ZUL, ZUM, etc.
To have the ENTIRE membership list of a group or organiza-
tion, if you are asking about a group or org, shown with the
record, use an asterisk character `*' directly preceding the
given argument. [CAUTION: If there are a lot of members
this will take a long time!] You may of course use exclama-
tion point and asterisk, or a period and asterisk together.
SEE ALSO
RFC 812: Nicname/Whois
BUGS
The service program invoked by whois on the remote system,
(by default nicname) is not provided.
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