[db-wg] Re: WHOIS changes

Fredrik Widell wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Mar 2006, Hank Hampel wrote:
> 
>> Hi Marie-Luise,
>>
>> On  4-Mär-2006 Dr. Marie-Luise Hansen wrote:
>>
>>> But how  and where do I change the settings?
>>
>>
>> This depends on what whois client you use. If you use the commandline
>> whois client from RIPE you can just use the new flags on the
>> commandline.
>>
>> If you use an other client it may not be able to "understand" the new
>> flags so maybe you should switch to the RIPE client or use the web
>> interface at:
>> http://www.ripe.net/fcgi-bin/whois?form_type=simple&full_query_string=&searchtext=&Advanced+search=Advanced+search 
>>
>> (this should be one line)
> 
> 
> 
> Or, use netcat, always working no matter what whois-server
> or flags you use :)
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> echo "-B -G $@" |/usr/local/bin/nc whois.ripe.net 43

Also

whois -h whois.ripe.net -- -B -G FooBar

Regards

Matthew