Whois client
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\|]
cwhois Simple whois client that gives you back output, compatiable with RIPE DB v2, if you'll ask it to.
-a
search all databases
-F
fast raw output
-L
find all Less specific matches
-m
find first level more specific matches
-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
-h hostname
search alternate server
-s source[\|[\|,source\|]...\|]
search databases with source 'source'
-T type[\|[\|,type\|]...\|]
only look for objects of type 'type'
-i attr[\|[\|,attr\|]...\|]
do an inverse lookup for specified attributes
-t type
requests template for object of type 'type'
-v type
requests verbose template for object of type 'type'
Please note that most of these flags are NOT understood by non RIPE whois servers!
Website <http://www.ripe.net/tools/>
CWHOIS was written by Timur Bakeyev <[email protected]>.
This manual page was written by Jan Wagner <[email protected]>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).