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swedguy · 2004-03-18, 06:16 PM

I was just registering some domains. So I was doing "whois domain.com" way too many times to find domains that were available. Pain in the ass.

Here's a small little script that will make it easier for you.

Upload this little script to your server and name it "whois.sh"

PHP Code:


			
#!/bin/bash



if [ $# -lt 1 ]

then

        echo "Usage:"

        echo

        echo "`basename $0` <file>"

        exit

fi



domains=`cat $1`



for domain in $domains

do

    sleep 2

    whois $domain | grep "No match for"

done

Change the permissions on the script "chmod 755 whois.sh".

Now upload a file with all the domains you want to check, 1 domain per line.

Run the script with "./whois.sh domains.txt" - or what ever you named the file with all the domains in. Now it will spit out all the domains that are available

EDIT: added a 2 second pause before each whois. They seem to boot you if you whois them too fast.

2004-03-18, 06:16 PM	#1
swedguy Vagabond Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 2,374	Look up available domains - the easy way I was just registering some domains. So I was doing "whois domain.com" way too many times to find domains that were available. Pain in the ass. Here's a small little script that will make it easier for you. Upload this little script to your server and name it "whois.sh" PHP Code: #!/bin/bash if [ $# -lt 1 ] then echo "Usage:" echo echo "`basename $0` <file>" exit fi domains=`cat $1` for domain in $domains do sleep 2 whois $domain \| grep "No match for" done Change the permissions on the script "chmod 755 whois.sh". Now upload a file with all the domains you want to check, 1 domain per line. Run the script with "./whois.sh domains.txt" - or what ever you named the file with all the domains in. Now it will spit out all the domains that are available EDIT: added a 2 second pause before each whois. They seem to boot you if you whois them too fast. Last edited by swedguy; 2004-03-18 at 06:31 PM..