# vi get-whois

#!/bin/bash
# A sample shell script to print domain ip address hosting information such as
# Location of server, city, ip address owner, country and network range.
# This is useful to track spammers or research purpose.
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# Copyright (c) 2006 nixCraft project 
# This script is licensed under GNU GPL version 2.0 or above
# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
# This script is part of nixCraft shell script collection (NSSC)
# Visit http://bash.cyberciti.biz/ for more information.
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# Last updated on Mar/05/2010
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# Get all domains
_dom=$@
 
# Die if no domains are given
[ $# -eq 0 ] && { echo "Usage: $0 domain1.com domain2.com ..."; exit 1; }
for d in $_dom
do
	_ip=$(host $d | grep 'has add' | head -1 | awk '{ print $4}')
	[ "$_ip" == "" ] && { echo "Error: $d is not valid domain or dns error."; continue; }
	echo "Getting information for domain: $d [ $_ip ]..."
	whois "$_ip" | egrep -w 'OrgName:|City:|Country:|OriginAS:|NetRange:'
	echo ""
done

# chmod +x get-whois

Usage:

# get-whois google.com
	
Getting information for domain: google.com [ 74.125.53.99 ]...
NetRange:       74.125.0.0 - 74.125.255.255
OriginAS:       
OrgName:        Google Inc.
City:           Mountain View
Country:        US

Reference:
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