.TH TEL 1.SH NAMEtel, iwhois \- look in phone book.SH SYNOPSIS.B tel.I key ....PP.B iwhois.IR name [ \fL@\f2domain ].SH DESCRIPTION.I Tellooks up.I keyin a private telephone book,.BR $home/lib/tel ,and in the public telephone book,.BR /lib/tel .It uses.IR grep(with the.B -ioption to ignore case differences), so the key may be any part of aname or number. Customarily, the telephone book contains names,userids, home numbers, and office numbers of users. It also containsa directory of area codes and miscellaneous people of generalinterest..PP.I Iwhoislooks up names in the Internet NIC's personnel database..I Nameshould be a surname optionally followed by a comma and given name.A different server can be chosen by appending to the name an.B @followed by the server's domain name..SH FILES.TF /lib/areacodes.TP.B /lib/areacodesTelephone area codes database..TP.B /lib/telPublic telephone number database..TP.B $home/lib/telPersonal telephone number database..SH SOURCE.B /rc/bin/tel.br.B /rc/bin/iwhois
.TH TEL 1
.SH NAME
tel, iwhois \- look in phone book
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B tel
.I key ...
.PP
.B iwhois
.IR name [ \fL@\f2domain ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Tel
looks up
.I key
in a private telephone book,
.BR $home/lib/tel ,
and in the public telephone book,
.BR /lib/tel .
It uses
.IR grep
(with the
.B -i
option to ignore case differences), so the key may be any part of a
name or number. Customarily, the telephone book contains names,
userids, home numbers, and office numbers of users. It also contains
a directory of area codes and miscellaneous people of general
interest.
.PP
.I Iwhois
looks up names in the Internet NIC's personnel database.
.I Name
should be a surname optionally followed by a comma and given name.
A different server can be chosen by appending to the name an
.B @
followed by the server's domain name.
.SH FILES
.TF /lib/areacodes
.TP
.B /lib/areacodes
Telephone area codes database.
.TP
.B /lib/tel
Public telephone number database.
.TP
.B $home/lib/tel
Personal telephone number database.
.SH SOURCE
.B /rc/bin/tel
.br
.B /rc/bin/iwhois