whois

Command-line client for the WHOIS (RFC 3912) protocol. More information: <https://github.com/rfc1036/whois>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/whois.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install whois
Ubuntu
apt-get install whois
Alpine
apk add whois
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S whois
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install whois
CentOS
yum install whois
Fedora
dnf install whois
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install whois
OS X
brew install whois
Raspbian
apt-get install whois
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/whois
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/whois whois powered by Commando

Command-line client for the WHOIS (RFC 3912) protocol. More information: <https://github.com/rfc1036/whois>.

  • Get information about a domain name:
    whois example.com
  • Get information about an IP address:
    whois 8.8.8.8
  • Get abuse contact for an IP address:
    whois -b 8.8.8.8

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