I'm not getting any output at all when doing a simple WHOIS command in the macOS terminal.

Just seems to run and then is ready for the next command. Every online tutorial or article I've seen shows a response back with the WHOIS information.

Why isn't this working for me?

CodePudding user response：

whois doesn't know where to look up that domain.

You'll need to provide:

1. An -h <host> to a register, eg whois.markmonitor.com
2. Use -i option to use the traditional Network Information Center