[CentOS] TIP for broken ARIN whois

[me at tdiehl.org]

On Sat, 10 Sep 2011, Always Learning wrote:

> This works for me on Centos 5.6. It may assist newcomers to the Linux
> world of Centos.
>
> 	whois 51.51.51.51
>
> produces a normal and conventional display of data.
>
> However since ARIN, the North American registrar of IP addresses,
> "modernised" its WHOIS processing, a query to
>
> 	whois 64.64.64.64
>
> will produce a one line summary of possible matches, which always
> includes ARIN, but omits the details we used to receive before ARIN
> implemented its much criticized "improved" service.
>
> A one line script solves it for me (but only for ARIN network entries).
>
> 	#!/bin/bash
> 	whois -h whois.arin.net n + $1

Where is this syntax documented? I see the -h option in the man page but
the n + part is not there and I would like to understand where that comes from.

Regards,

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