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Commands using whois

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for i in `wget -O url|grep '<a rel="nofollow"'|grep http|sed 's|.*<a rel="nofollow" class="[^"]\+" href="[^"]*https\?://\([^/]\+\)[^"]*">[^<]\+</a>.*|\1|'`;do if test -n "$(whois $i|grep -i godaddy)";then echo $i uses GoDaddy;fi;sleep 20;done
2011-12-24 19:12:18
User: coinbitsdotcom
Functions: echo grep sed sleep whois
Tags: bitcoins bitcoin coinbits bitjack21 bittleships
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check a list of domains registered on godaddy

Found on https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=55520.0

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domain=google.com; for ns in $(whois $domain | awk -F: '/Name Server/{print $2}'); do echo ">>> Nameservers for $domain from $a <<<"; dig @$ns $domain ns +short; echo; done;
2011-05-08 04:46:34
User: laebshade
Functions: awk dig echo whois
Tags: awk grep for dig dns whois for loop nameserver glue record
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Check to make sure the whois nameservers match the nameserver records from the nameservers themselves

Change the $domain variable to whichever domain you wish to query.

Works with the majority of whois info; for some that won't, you may have to compromise:

domain=google.com; for a in $(whois $domain | grep "Domain servers in listed order:" --after 3 | grep -v "Domain servers in listed order:"); do echo ">>> Nameservers for $domain from $a

Note that this doesn't work as well as the first one; if they have more than 3 nameservers, it won't hit them all.

As the summary states, this can be useful for making sure the whois nameservers for a domain match the nameserver records (NS records) from the nameservers themselves.

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x=192.168.1.1; whois $x > $x.txt
2011-01-17 03:33:49
User: sxiii
Functions: whois
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Whois on target and save results to file instantly

This can be used in scripts, to find out the origin of target IP etc.

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whois -H $(cat ./list_of_domains) | awk 'BEGIN{RS=""}/Registrant/,/Registration Service Provider:/ {print} END{print "----------------\n"}'
2011-01-11 12:55:34
User: djsmiley2k
Functions: awk cat whois
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List contact infomation for Domain list

Nice neat feedback showing contact infomation for as many domains as you wish to feed it. I used a list of domains, each one on a new line as supplied by our registar, as we needed to check they were all upto date and back them up as we are updating them all.

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while read line; do pais=$(whois "$line" | grep -E '[Cc]ountry') echo -n "IP=$line Pais=$pais" && echo done <listaip
2010-10-25 15:39:50
User: pathcl
Functions: echo grep read whois
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geolocalize ip country
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cat domainlist.txt | while read line; do echo -ne $line; whois $line | grep Expiration ; done | sed 's:Expiration Date::'
2010-05-02 06:49:09
User: netsaint
Functions: cat echo grep read sed whois
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Produces a list of when your domains expire

Create a text file called domainlist.txt with a domain per line, then run the command above. All registries are a little different, so play around with the command. Should produce a list of domains and their expirations date. I am responsible for my companies domains and have a dozen or so myself, so this is a quick check if I overlooked any.

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for domain in `cat list_of_domains.txt`; do echo $domain; whois $domain >> output.txt; done
2010-02-15 17:13:45
User: pathcl
Functions: echo whois
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whois multiple domains

Outputs multiple whois from a plain text file.

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whois domainnametocheck.com | grep match
2009-08-11 13:33:25
User: Timothee
Functions: grep whois
Tags: whois
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Check if a domain is available and get the answer in just one line

Returns nothing if the domain exists and 'No match for domain.com' otherwise.

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net=DTAG-DIAL ; for (( i=1; i<30; i++ )); do whois -h whois.ripe.net $net$i | grep '^inetnum:' | sed "s;^.*:;$net$i;" ; done
2009-08-01 05:28:19
User: drizzt
Functions: grep sed whois
Tags: whois inetnum netname ripe
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Query ip pools based on successive netnames via whois

Useful if you f.i. want to block/allow all connections from a certain provider which uses successive netnames for his ip blocks. In this example I used the german Deutsche Telekom which has DTAG-DIAL followed by a number as netname for the dial in pools.

There are - as always ;) - different ways to do this. If you have seq available you can use

net=DTAG-DIAL ; for i in `seq 1 30`; do whois -h whois.ripe.net $net$i | grep '^inetnum:' | sed "s;^.*:;$net$i;" ; done

or without seq you can use bash brace expansion

net=DTAG-DIAL ; for i in {1..30}; do whois -h whois.ripe.net $net$i | grep '^inetnum:' | sed "s;^.*:;$net$i;" ; done

or if you like while better than for use something like

net=DTAG-DIAL ; i=1 ; while true ; do whois -h whois.ripe.net $net$i | grep '^inetnum:' | sed "s;^.*:;$net$i;" ; test $i = 30 && break ; i=$(expr $i + 1) ; done

and so on.

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whois cmd.fu;whois cmdfu.com|grep -i cmdfu
2009-02-19 08:57:50
User: axelabs
Functions: whois
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check if commandlinefu.com got a better domain

It would be nice if commandlinefu.com had a better domain name. Will they pick one of the above; We'll see.

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