whois --version

Nellis, Kenneth Kenneth.Nellis@acs-inc.com
Fri May 13 13:33:00 GMT 2011


Setup tells me that I am running whois version 5.0.11-1, however, 
whois does not honor the --version option that it advertises:

$ type whois
whois is hashed (/usr/bin/whois)
$ whois --version
whois: unknown option -- -
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 ('all' for a list)
-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
$

--Ken Nellis


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