Usage: whois [OPTION]... OBJECT...
-l one level less specific lookup [RPSL only]
-L find all Less specific matches
-m find first level more specific matches
-M find all More specific matches
-c find the smallest match containing a mnt-irt attribute
-x exact match [RPSL only]
-d return DNS reverse delegation objects too [RPSL only]
-i ATTR[,ATTR]... do an inverse lookup for specified ATTRibutes
-T TYPE[,TYPE]... only look for objects of TYPE
-K only primary keys are returned [RPSL only]
-r turn off recursive lookups for contact information
-R force to show local copy of the domain object even
if it contains referral
-a search all databases
-s SOURCE[,SOURCE]... search the database 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 [RPSL only]
-F fast raw output (implies -r)
-h HOST connect to server HOST
-p PORT connect to PORT
-H hide legal disclaimers
--verbose explain what is being done
--help display this help and exit
--version output version information and exit
