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Recipe 576635: whois

Simple whois client

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"""whois.py

simple whois client
"""

import sys
import socket

s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.connect(("whois.arin.net", 43))
s.send(sys.argv[1] + "\r\n")
response = ''
while True:
    d = s.recv(4096)
    response += d
    if d == '':
        break
s.close()
print
print response

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