Hello, Matthew McGehrin wrote: |Sorry my friend :) I think you meant to type -h instead of @ :) | |the -h flag works on both Linux and FreeBSD. I did mean '@' and not the '-h' flag, although the '-h' is the "standard". I was demonstrating the '@' as an alternative: Linux 2.4.2-13-p1-psmp Whois Server Version 1.3 ------------------------ syntax: whois [-v] [-r] [-h server] [-p port] [--] query[@server[:port]] default server is whois.crsnic.net You are correct, the '@' does not work on the standard FreeBSD builds of whois, although the binary can be rebuilt with the appropriate source :-) Thanks for the clarification to the list. Regards, Steve
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