July 2005
Intermediate to advanced
944 pages
158h 24m
English
book
Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition
by Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins
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-f, --force-lookup
Force the lookup query to go to the host, even if it is available
from the cache.
-h host, --host=host
Query the whois server on the specified host. Same as host on
the command line. By default, queries the server in the envi-
ronment variable NICNAMESERVER or WHOISSERVER if
either is set; otherwise queries whois.internic.net.
--help
Print help message and exit.
-i, --display-redirections
Display every step in a redirection. The default is to display
only the last step.
-n, --no-redirect
Disable redirection from one server to the next.
-p port, --port=port
Connect to the specified port. Same as port on the command
line. Default is 43.
-r, --rwhois
Force use of the rwhois protocol, instead of HTTP or whois.
--rwhois-display=display
Request receiving rwhois servers to display the results in the
specified display instead of the default.
--rwhois-limit=limit
Request receiving rwhois servers to limit the number of
matches to the specified limit.
-s, --no-whoisservers
Disable built-in support for whois-servers.net.
-v Verbose. Display the query before sending it to the server.
--version
Print version information and exit.
write
write user [tty]
message
Initiate or respond to an interactive conversation with user.Awrite
session is terminated with EOF. If the user is ...
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