Randy Bush wrote:
ok, what is the normal way to get around this?
freebsd 7-current
% whois -h whois.ripe.net -B -G 147.28.160.0/19 whois: illegal option -- B usage: whois [-aAbdgiIklmQrR6] [-c country-code | -h hostname] [-p port] name ...
$ whois -h whois.ripe.net -- "-B -G 147.28.160.0/19" | grep "@" changed: hostmaster@ripe.net 20050202 notify: rw@rg.net changed: randy@psg.com 20051011 e-mail: hostmaster@ripe.net ref-nfy: hm-dbm-msgs@ripe.net notify: hm-dbm-msgs@ripe.net changed: hostmaster@ripe.net 20040417 e-mail: bitbucket@ripe.net changed: bitbucket@ripe.net 20010411 Returns mails so -B is in effect ;) Better and simpler, just upgrade to Marco d'Itri's whois tool, which IMHO is the best one and can also find that block automatically so one doesn't have to guess RIR oneselves. Greets, Jeroen