Quick little command-line tool so you can use whois from the command line without getting spammed with boilerplate legal/marketing BS. # Summary * wraps `whois` and removes the registrar boilerplate legal/marketing spam BS * pass in a FQDN and it checks it * pass in a plain name (no dots) and it checks for .com,.net,.org,etc. # Install ¨Βεν ιξσταμχθοσ ## Optional Install ¨ΒγθΆαμιασ χθοισ½χθοσΎΎ ώ―®βασθίπςοζιμ # Usage `whos foo.com` - runs `whois foo.com`. If it is available, or not, it says so in a single line. `whos -v foo.com` - If `foo.com` is not available, it shows you the whois response, minus the boilerplate legal/marketing registrar text `whos foo` - runs `whos foo.com` then `whos foo.com` then `whos foo.net` then `whos foo.org` etc. `whos -o foo.com` - If `foo.com` is taken, opens `http://foo.com` in a browser Multiple args work as expected. # Got more spam? Fork <http://github.com/alexch/whos> on github, add a file to the spam folder, run `rake install`, then send me a pull request # Credits Written in a fit of pique by Alex Chaffee <http://alexch.github.com> -- Alex Chaffee - alex / stinky.com - http://alexch.github.com Stalk me: http://friendfeed.com/alexch | http://twitter.com/alexch | http://alexch.tumblr.com