whois syntax

[dimmutal]

In UNIX the command

[bash]$ whois "acme."@whois.crsnic.net

was working just fine.

The " character was used for wildcard where the @ was used for determining an alternative database for our query. In linux neither of these 2 symbols are working. What's the wildcard for the whois command?

[dibl]

Re: whois syntax

Hmmmmmm -- my Kubuntu system doesn't seem to have a "whois" command. What Kubuntu are you using?

[dimmutal]

Re: whois syntax

Hmmmmmm -- my Kubuntu system doesn't seem to have a "whois" command. What Kubuntu are you using?

install it first.

sudo apt-get install whois

[dibl]

Re: whois syntax

OK, did that.

Hmmm, it's not exactly trivial, is it?

SEE ALSO
RFC 3912: WHOIS Protocol Specification

[dimmutal]

Re: whois syntax

I didn't understand you...

[dibl]

Re: whois syntax

I did a

man whois

and got an eyeful of the "database" specifications for it.

[dimmutal]

Re: whois syntax

I did that too but still can't make a query with wildcards. For a example i want to search for domain names like in the example. "acme." ->all domains containing acme.anything

[dibl]

Re: whois syntax

The manual is very short, and I do not see a wildcard specified.

Did you try the "*"?

whois "acme*"

[dimmutal]

Re: whois syntax

The manual is very short, and I do not see a wildcard specified.

Did you try the "*"?

whois "acme*"

No it doesn't work. Anyway, thanks for the replies...

[walfred]

Re: whois syntax

Mine works.
It's been a while since a don't use the regular whois client. Now I use jwhois, check it out.
Thing works fine and there is no need for quotes:

~$ jwhois acme. @whois.crsnic.net
[query whois.crsnic.net]
[whois.crsnic.net]

Whois Server Version 2.0

Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
for detailed information.

Aborting search 50 records found .....
ACME-BRAIN.COM
ACME-BOOTS.COM
ACME-BLOC.COM

One last thing. Perhaps this is not the correct section for posting this info.
Anyways, this is moderator work.

Good luck

[askrieger]

Re: whois syntax

As a moderator, I couldn't think of a better place for this thread. As someone who uses whois frequently, I like the jwhois tip. Thanks, walfred.

[walfred]

Re: whois syntax

Hi askrieger
You are very welcome. Happy to help