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| Chapter 2 UNIX Commands |

## whois

    whois [option] name

Search an Internet directory for the person, login, handle, or organization specified by `name`. Precede `name` with the modifiers !, ., or *, alone or in combination, to limit the search to either (1) the name of a person or of a username, (2) a handle, or (3) an organization.

### Option

-h `host`

  Search on host machine `host`.

Reference: whoami |  | Reference: write