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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1985 Regents of the University of California.
        !             2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
        !             3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
        !             4: .\"
        !             5: .\"    @(#)whois.1     6.2 (Berkeley) 6/6/85
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH WHOIS 1 "June 6, 1985"
        !             8: .UC 6
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: whois \- DARPA Internet user name directory service
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .B whois
        !            13: name
        !            14: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            15: .TP
        !            16: whois help
        !            17: Produces a helpful message similar to the following:
        !            18: .PP
        !            19: Please enter a name or a handle (``ident"), such as ``Smith"
        !            20: or ``SRI-NIC".
        !            21: Starting with a period forces a name-only search;
        !            22: starting with exclamation point forces handle-only.
        !            23: Examples:
        !            24: .nf
        !            25:        Smith                   [looks for name or handle SMITH ]
        !            26:        !SRI-NIC                        [looks for handle SRI-NIC only  ]
        !            27:        .Smith, John            [looks for name JOHN SMITH only ]
        !            28: .fi
        !            29: Adding ``..." to the argument will match anything from that point,
        !            30: e.g. ``ZU..." will match ZUL, ZUM, etc.
        !            31: .PP
        !            32: To have the ENTIRE membership list of a group or organization,
        !            33: if you are asking about a group or org, shown with the record, use
        !            34: an asterisk character `*' directly preceding the given argument.
        !            35: [CAUTION: If there are a lot of members this will take a long time!]
        !            36: You may of course use exclamation point and asterisk, or a period
        !            37: and asterisk together.
        !            38: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            39: RFC 812:  Nicname/Whois

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