jwhois(1)

NAME
jwhois - client for the whois service

SYNOPSIS
whois [ OPTIONS ]... [ QUERY ]

DESCRIPTION
jwhois searches Whois servers for the object on the command line. The host to query is taken from a global configuration file, a configuration file specified on the command line, or selected directly on the command line.

OPTIONS

--version
    display version, authors and licensing information

--help
    display a short help text

-c FILE --config=FILE
    uses FILE as a configuration file instead of the default

-h HOST --host=HOST
    overrides any hosts in the configuration file and queries HOST directly

-p PORT --port=PORT
    specifies a port number to use when querying a HOST

-v --verbose
    outputs verbose debugging information while running

-f --force-lookup
    forces a query to be made to a host even if the object is stored in cache

-d --disable-cache
    completely disable both reading and writing to cache

SEE ALSO
whois(1)