jwhois [ options ]… [ query ]
Searches Whois servers for the object on the command line.
Official: icann.org/
whois [-aAbfgiIklmPQrRS] [-c TLD | -h host] [-p port] [--] name …
Looks up records in the databases maintained by Network Information Centers (NICs).
Starts by querying the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) whois server, and follows referrals to whois servers that have more specific details about the query name. The IANA whois server knows about IP address and AS numbers as well as domain names.
Point-of-contact handles for ARIN, nic.at, NORID, and RIPE, and domain names under ac.uk. and other anomilies where referrals do not work, uses to the appropriate server.
Privacy issues have caused many registrars to ecclude contact information from the information provided in the whois database.
As of 1/29/23 .us
-h host | name or an IP address | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
-c TLD | equivalent of using -h with an argument of TLD.whois-servers.net . helpful
for locating country-class TLD whois servers.
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-R |
Operands are treated independently and may be used as queries on different whois servers.
$WHOIS_SERVER
primary default whois server. If unset, use $RA_SERVER
$RA_SERVER
secondary whois.iana.org
default..
-c
example,
whois -c RU CONTACT-ID # technical | administrativeSpecific to the TopLevelDomain "RU", but other TLDs can be queried by using a similar syntax.
Query a whois server using a non-standard port, where ``query-data'' is the query to be sent to ``whois.example.com'' on port ``rwhois'' (written numerically as 4321).
whois -h whois.example.com -p rwhois query-dataSome whois servers support complex queries with dash-letter options, use
--
to separate whois command
options from whois server query options. A query containing spaces must be quoted as one argument to the whois command.
The following example asks the RIPE whois server to return a brief description of its ``domain'' object type:
whois -r -- '-t domain'
-c f |
jwhois -h whois.ripe.net -- -i admin-c,tech-c,zone-c CO19-RIPE
--
is used to separate the RIPE options from the jwhois options.
/usr/bin/whois real-world-systems.com % IANA WHOIS server % for more information on IANA, visit http://www.iana.org % This query returned 1 object refer: whois.verisign-grs.com domain: COM organisation: VeriSign Global Registry Services address: 12061 Bluemont Way address: Reston Virginia 20190 address: United States contact: administrative name: Registry Customer Service organisation: VeriSign Global Registry Services address: 12061 Bluemont Way address: Reston Virginia 20190 address: United States phone: +1 703 925-6999 fax-no: +1 703 948 3978 e-mail: info@verisign-grs.com contact: technical name: Registry Customer Service organisation: VeriSign Global Registry Services address: 12061 Bluemont Way address: Reston Virginia 20190 address: United States phone: +1 703 925-6999 fax-no: +1 703 948 3978 e-mail: info@verisign-grs.com nserver: A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET 192.5.6.30 2001:503:a83e:0:0:0:2:30 nserver: B.GTLD-SERVERS.NET 192.33.14.30 2001:503:231d:0:0:0:2:30 nserver: C.GTLD-SERVERS.NET 192.26.92.30 2001:503:83eb:0:0:0:0:30 nserver: D.GTLD-SERVERS.NET 192.31.80.30 2001:500:856e:0:0:0:0:30 nserver: E.GTLD-SERVERS.NET 192.12.94.30 2001:502:1ca1:0:0:0:0:30 nserver: F.GTLD-SERVERS.NET 192.35.51.30 2001:503:d414:0:0:0:0:30 nserver: G.GTLD-SERVERS.NET 192.42.93.30 2001:503:eea3:0:0:0:0:30 nserver: H.GTLD-SERVERS.NET 192.54.112.30 2001:502:8cc:0:0:0:0:30 nserver: I.GTLD-SERVERS.NET 192.43.172.30 2001:503:39c1:0:0:0:0:30 nserver: J.GTLD-SERVERS.NET 192.48.79.30 2001:502:7094:0:0:0:0:30 nserver: K.GTLD-SERVERS.NET 192.52.178.30 2001:503:d2d:0:0:0:0:30 nserver: L.GTLD-SERVERS.NET 192.41.162.30 2001:500:d937:0:0:0:0:30 nserver: M.GTLD-SERVERS.NET 192.55.83.30 2001:501:b1f9:0:0:0:0:30 ds-rdata: 30909 8 2 E2D3C916F6DEEAC73294E8268FB5885044A833FC5459588F4A9184CFC41A5766 whois: whois.verisign-grs.com status: ACTIVE remarks: Registration information: http://www.verisigninc.com created: 1985-01-01 changed: 2017-10-05 source: IANA Domain Name: REAL-WORLD-SYSTEMS.COM Registry Domain ID: 79543900_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com Registrar URL: http://www.godaddy.com Updated Date: 2017-11-06T12:57:50Z Creation Date: 2001-11-09T17:46:52Z Registry Expiry Date: 2018-11-09T17:46:52Z Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC Registrar IANA ID: 146 Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@godaddy.com Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: 480-624-2505 Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited Domain Status: clientRenewProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientRenewProhibited Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited Name Server: NS14.MIDPHASE.COM Name Server: NS15.MIDPHASE.COM Name Server: NS16.MIDPHASE.COM DNSSEC: unsigned URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form: https://www.icann.org/wicf/ >>> Last update of whois database: 2018-06-23T18:40:59Z <<< Domain Name: REAL-WORLD-SYSTEMS.COM Registry Domain ID: 79543900_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com Registrar URL: http://www.godaddy.com Updated Date: 2017-11-06T12:57:50Z Creation Date: 2001-11-09T17:46:52Z Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2018-11-09T17:46:52Z Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC Registrar IANA ID: 146 Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@godaddy.com Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4806242505 Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited Domain Status: clientRenewProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientRenewProhibited Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited Registrant Organization: Real-World-Systems Registrant State/Province: New Jersey Registrant Country: US Name Server: NS14.MIDPHASE.COM Name Server: NS15.MIDPHASE.COM Name Server: NS16.MIDPHASE.COM DNSSEC: unsigned URL of the ICANN WHOIS Data Problem Reporting System: http://wdprs.internic.net/ >>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2018-06-23T18:00:00ZAnti-Hacker-Alliance additional details
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