Example RIPE whois query with options and spaces.

Since it is used in the example, mention the -- option in the synopsis
even though it is a universal standard, and tweak to fit it on one line.
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.\" From: @(#)whois.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd January 23, 2016
.Dd April 25, 2016
.Dt WHOIS 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl aAbfgiIklmPQrRS
.Op Fl c Ar country-code | Fl h Ar host
.Op Fl c Ar TLD | Fl h Ar host
.Op Fl p Ar port
.Op Fl -
.Ar name ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
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Use the Network Abuse Clearinghouse database.
It contains addresses to which network abuse should be reported,
indexed by domain name.
.It Fl c Ar country-code
.It Fl c Ar TLD
This is the equivalent of using the
.Fl h
option with an argument of
.Qq Ar country-code Ns Li .whois-servers.net .
.Qq Ar TLD Ns Li .whois-servers.net .
This can be helpful for locating country-class TLD whois servers.
.It Fl f
Use the African Network Information Centre
.Pq Tn AfriNIC
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.Ar CONTACT-ID
is substituted with the actual contact identifier.
.Pp
.Dl "whois -c RU CONTACT-ID"
.Dl Ic whois -c RU CONTACT-ID
.Pp
(Note: This example is specific to the
.Tn TLD
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.Dq Li rwhois
(written numerically as 4321).
.Pp
.Dl "whois -h whois.example.com -p rwhois query-data"
.Dl Ic whois -h whois.example.com -p rwhois query-data
.Pp
Some whois servers support complex queries
with dash-letter options.
You can use the
.Fl -
option to separate
.Nm
command options from whois server query options.
A query containing spaces must be quoted as one
argument to the
.Nm
command.
The following example asks the RIPE whois server
to return a brief description of its
.Dq Li domain
object type:
.Pp
.Dl Ic whois -r -- '-t domain'
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Rs
.%A Ken Harrenstien