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better way
Authored by: see on Jan 29, '03 04:25:52PM

this works for any tld
alias mywhois='/usr/bin/whois -h whois.geektools.com'

$ mywhois domain.foo



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better way
Authored by: yosithezet on Jan 30, '03 01:58:58AM

Dind't work for any of the three domains I put in.



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better way
Authored by: see on Jan 30, '03 11:59:25AM

then you do something wrong. its a whoisgateway for any tld
(also has a webinterface: http://whois.geektools.com)



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Keep in mind
Authored by: Wevah on Jan 30, '03 10:48:22PM

that the alias command is slightly different under tcsh. tcsh doesn't use an = between the alias name and the command:

alias mywhois 'whois -h whois.geektools.com'

then

% mywhois domain.tld



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