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usage: whois [options] ( | @) [ ... ]

options: 

  --help             Show this screen.

  --version          Show version information and exit. 

  --config     Full path to the configuration file. 
                     Default: /etc/whois/whois.conf

  --refresh          Refresh the cache for this query. 
  -r                 This forces the request to go to the whois server
                     even if the result is cached. (Only valid if caching
                     is configured.)

  --tld        Full path/file name for tld.conf file. Defaults 
                     to "/etc/tld.conf".

  --host       Hostname of the whois server
  -h           this is the same as the @ form
                     if not specified will search whois.crsnic.net
                     for a "Whois Server:" record.

  --timeout       Set the timeout to a number of seconds. The default 
                     is 60 seconds. 

  --port             Specify a different port than the normal whois(43).
  -p

  --quiet            Don't print any extraneous messages. 
  -q                 (overrides --verbose)

  --verbose          Print extra messages.
  -v                 (ignored if --quiet is used)

  --stripdisclaimer  Strip off disclaimers from the results. You've 
  -s                 read it a thousand times already, right?

  --nocgi            Prevent CGI mode. For use when you have your own
                     wrapper.

  --makehtml         Display example HTML file. Prints a small 
                     file to STDOUT with the example HTML in it. 
                     Use this to modify to your own taste for CGI 
                     mode. Set htmlfile in config as needed. 

Get the latest version of BW Whois here: http://whois.bw.org/