cwhois3
Whois client
Usage
cwhois [{-a | -F | -L | -m | -M | -r | -S | -R}]
[-h
hostname]
[-s
source
[[,source] ...]]
[-T
type
[[,type] ...]]
[-i
attr
[[,attr] ...]]
keys
cwhois [-t
type]
cwhois [-v
type]
Overview
cwhois Simple whois client that gives you back output, compatiable with RIPE DB v2, if you'll ask it to.
Options
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-a -
search all databases
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-F -
fast raw output
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-L -
find all Less specific matches
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-m -
find first level more specific matches
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-M -
find all More specific matches
-
-r -
turn off recursive lookups
-
-S -
tell server to leave out 'syntactic sugar'
-
-R -
force to show local copy of the domain object even if it contains referral
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-h hostname -
search alternate server
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-s source[[,source]...] -
search databases with source 'source'
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-T type[[,type]...] -
only look for objects of type 'type'
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-i attr[[,attr]...] -
do an inverse lookup for specified attributes
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-t type -
requests template for object of type 'type'
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-v type -
requests verbose template for object of type 'type'
Hint
Please note that most of these flags are NOT understood by non RIPE whois servers!