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        !            18: .TH WHOIS 1 "September 26, 1988"
        !            19: .UC 6
        !            20: .SH NAME
        !            21: whois \- DARPA Internet user name directory service
        !            22: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            23: .B whois
        !            24: name
        !            25: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            26: .TP
        !            27: whois help
        !            28: Produces a helpful message similar to the following:
        !            29: .PP
        !            30: Please enter a name or a handle (``ident"), such as ``Smith"
        !            31: or ``SRI-NIC".
        !            32: Starting with a period forces a name-only search;
        !            33: starting with exclamation point forces handle-only.
        !            34: Examples:
        !            35: .nf
        !            36:        Smith                   [looks for name or handle SMITH ]
        !            37:        !SRI-NIC                        [looks for handle SRI-NIC only  ]
        !            38:        .Smith, John            [looks for name JOHN SMITH only ]
        !            39: .fi
        !            40: Adding ``..." to the argument will match anything from that point,
        !            41: e.g. ``ZU..." will match ZUL, ZUM, etc.
        !            42: .PP
        !            43: To have the ENTIRE membership list of a group or organization,
        !            44: if you are asking about a group or org, shown with the record, use
        !            45: an asterisk character `*' directly preceding the given argument.
        !            46: [CAUTION: If there are a lot of members this will take a long time!]
        !            47: You may of course use exclamation point and asterisk, or a period
        !            48: and asterisk together.
        !            49: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            50: RFC 812:  Nicname/Whois

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