jwhois

--version                  display version number and patch level
--help                     display this help
-v, --verbose              verbose debug output
-c FILE, --config=FILE     use FILE as configuration file
-h HOST, --host=HOST       explicitly query HOST
-n, --no-redirect          disable content redirection
-s, --no-whoisservers      disable whois-servers.net service support
-a, --raw                  disable reformatting of the query
-i, --display-redirections display all redirects instead of hiding them
-p PORT, --port=PORT       use port number PORT (in conjunction with HOST)
-r, --rwhois               force an rwhois query to be made
--rwhois-display=DISPLAY   sets the display option in rwhois queries
--rwhois-limit=LIMIT       sets the maximum number of matches to return