Usage: whois [OPTION]... OBJECT...
-h HOST, --host HOST connect to server HOST
-p PORT, --port PORT connect to PORT
-I query whois.iana.org and follow its referral
-H hide legal disclaimers
--verbose explain what is being done
--no-recursion disable recursion from registry to registrar servers
--help display this help and exit
--version output version information and exit
These flags are supported by whois.ripe.net and some RIPE-like servers:
-l find the one level less specific match
-L find all levels less specific matches
-m find all one level more specific matches
-M find all levels of more specific matches
-c find the smallest match containing a mnt-irt attribute
-x exact match
-b return brief IP address ranges with abuse contact
-B turn off object filtering (show email addresses)
-G turn off grouping of associated objects
-d return DNS reverse delegation objects too
-i ATTR[,ATTR]... do an inverse look-up for specified ATTRibutes
-T TYPE[,TYPE]... only look for objects of TYPE
-K only primary keys are returned
-r turn off recursive look-ups for contact information
-R force to show local copy of the domain object even
if it contains referral
-a also search all the mirrored databases
-s SOURCE[,SOURCE]... search the database mirrored from SOURCE
-g SOURCE:FIRST-LAST find updates from SOURCE from serial FIRST to LAST
-t TYPE request template for object of TYPE
-v TYPE request verbose template for object of TYPE
-q [version|sources|types] query specified server info
Options (29)
| Option | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|
-h, --host HOST | HOST, --host=HOST Connect to HOST. | help + man |
-p, --port PORT | PORT, --port=PORT Connect to PORT. | help + man |
-I | First query whois.iana.org and then follow its referral to the whois server authoritative for that request. | help + man |
-H | Do not display the legal disclaimers that some registries like to show you. | help + man |
--verbose | explain what is being done | help + man |
--no-recursion | Disable recursion from registry to registrar servers. | help + man |
--help | display this help and exit | help + man |
--version | output version information and exit | help + man |
-l | Return the one level less specific object. | help + man |
-L | Return all levels of less specific objects. | help + man |
-m | Return all one level more specific objects. | help + man |
-M | Return all levels of more specific objects. | help + man |
-c | Return the smallest IP address range with a reference to an irt object. | help + man |
-x | Search for only exact match on network address prefix. | help + man |
-b | Return brief IP address ranges with abuse contact. | help + man |
-B | turn off object filtering (show email addresses) | help + man |
-G | turn off grouping of associated objects | help + man |
-d | Return the reverse DNS delegation object too. | help + man |
-i ATTR | do an inverse look-up for specified ATTRibutes | help + man |
-T TYPE | only look for objects of TYPE | help + man |
-K | Return primary key attributes only. | help + man |
-r | turn off recursive look-ups for contact information | help + man |
-R | Disable following referrals and force showing the object from the local copy in the server. | help + man |
-a | Also search all the mirrored databases. | help + man |
-s SOURCE | search the database mirrored from SOURCE | help + man |
-g SOURCE:FIRST-LAST | SOURCE:FIRST-LAST Search updates from SOURCE database between FIRST and LAST update serial number. | help + man |
-t TYPE | TYPE Return the template for a object of TYPE. | help + man |
-v TYPE | TYPE Return the verbose template for a object of TYPE. | help + man |
-q version|sources|types | KEYWORD Return information about the server. | help + man |