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- Usage: WHOIS <nickname>
- WHOIS <nick1>,<nick2> [...]
- WHOIS <server> <nickname>[,<nick2>...]
- Shows more detailed information about the nickname specified.
- This info includes the users name, host, server, "real" name,
- and away message. As you can see in the second line you can
- use WHOIS on multiple nicknames. The third line demonstrates
- how you can send the WHOIS request to a distant server. If
- you WHOIS a person on his server you will receive extra info
- about his idle time.
- WHOIS nickname nickname
- where the two nicknames are the same will query the user's server
- about his information just like the WHOIS <server> <nickname> form.
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- See Also:
- WHOWAS
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