---
name: "xwhois"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "xwhois"
version: "0.4.2-8"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xwhois/8"
---

# xwhois(8)

## NAME

 xwhois— Whois client for the X Window System

## SYNOPSIS

**xwhois**

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the  **xwhois** command.

**xwhois** is a program that uses the information contained in  /etc/X11/xwhois/servers to edit pages that display the  servers that people have made against one or more of the filters.

This package provides a small and fast query tool for the RFC954 whois service, built using the gtk library for the X Window System

## SEE ALSO

 Documentation/\* - complete documentation written by the author

## AUTHOR

Bjorn Lindgren (bjorn@500mhz.net)

## MANUAL AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Ernesto Crespo ecrespo@debianvenezuela.org for  the **Debian GNU/Linux** system (but may be used by others).