whois utility

[William A. Mahaffey III]

On 02/04/15 15:27, John Ratliff wrote:
> I have a FreeBSD 9.2 server and I’m trying to use whois on an IP address, but it tells me my query terms are ambiguous, gives me two results, but gives me no details on the results. How can I get the detail for these response?
>
> Ex:
>
> $ whois 68.68.90.0
>
> #
> # ARIN WHOIS data and services are subject to the Terms of Use
> # available at: https://www.arin.net/whois_tou.html
> #
> # If you see inaccuracies in the results, please report at
> # http://www.arin.net/public/whoisinaccuracy/index.xhtml
> #
>
>
> #
> # Query terms are ambiguous.  The query is assumed to be:
> #     "n 68.68.90.0"
> #
> # Use "?" to get help.
> #
>
> #
> # The following results may also be obtained via:
> # http://whois.arin.net/rest/nets;q=68.68.90.0?showDetails=true&showARIN=false&ext=netref2
> #
>
> Smithville Digital, LLC SDL-BLK-4 (NET-68-68-80-0-1) 68.68.80.0 - 68.68.95.255
> BG Telecom Holdings, LLC SDL-BGTEL-BLK-1 (NET-68-68-90-0-1) 68.68.90.0 - 68.68.91.255
>
>
>
> #
> # ARIN WHOIS data and services are subject to the Terms of Use
> # available at: https://www.arin.net/whois_tou.html
> #
> # If you see inaccuracies in the results, please report at
> # http://www.arin.net/public/whoisinaccuracy/index.xhtml
> #
>
> I want the information contained within the BG Telecom Holdings result. How can I get whois to display this? On my Linux servers, whois shows the full results for both entries, so I can at least scroll through.
>
> Thanks.
>
> John Ratliff
> Systems Engineer
> Office:  (812) 935-2491
> john.ratliff at smithville.com  |  smithville.com
>
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I'm on 9.3Rp5 & I've been getting those messages the whole time, I think 
they are benign .... FWIW, I get the same output on my box:

[root at kabini1, /etc, 3:40:50pm] 483 % whois 68.68.90.0

#
# ARIN WHOIS data and services are subject to the Terms of Use
# available at: https://www.arin.net/whois_tou.html
#
# If you see inaccuracies in the results, please report at
# http://www.arin.net/public/whoisinaccuracy/index.xhtml
#


#
# Query terms are ambiguous.  The query is assumed to be:
#     "n 68.68.90.0"
#
# Use "?" to get help.
#

#
# The following results may also be obtained via:
# 
http://whois.arin.net/rest/nets;q=68.68.90.0?showDetails=true&showARIN=false&ext=netref2
#

Smithville Digital, LLC SDL-BLK-4 (NET-68-68-80-0-1) 68.68.80.0 - 
68.68.95.255
BG Telecom Holdings, LLC SDL-BGTEL-BLK-1 (NET-68-68-90-0-1) 68.68.90.0 - 
68.68.91.255



#
# ARIN WHOIS data and services are subject to the Terms of Use
# available at: https://www.arin.net/whois_tou.html
#
# If you see inaccuracies in the results, please report at
# http://www.arin.net/public/whoisinaccuracy/index.xhtml
#

[root at kabini1, /etc, 3:40:57pm] 484 %




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