WHOIS Information using Windows Command Line

Here’s a simple way to view WHOIS information using Windows Command Line. Just download the WHOIS command-line client called Whois v1.01 from Microsoft as part of its Sysinternals Suite. I have copied it in D:\Utils

Now open the Command Line and type the following command:

whois somesite.com or

whois ipaddress

The results are as shown below:

WHOIS CommandLine

6 comments:

  1. BiddleMarch 4, 2010 at 9:38 PM

    Man i love this blog.neat tool!

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  2. rebtutApril 6, 2010 at 12:07 PM

    If you like doing whois by command line a better tool is rebol (easier and quicker to learn than powershell for such kind of task). See whois example here:
    http://reboltutorial.com/blog/automate-domain-name-whois-queries/

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  3. JamesJune 2, 2012 at 10:02 AM

    @rebut: RU high? There is no need to learn PowerShell or any other scripting language.

    From the command line, simply type WHOIS plus a domain name or IP address, as is shown in the above screen-shot.

    I don't know why you think that's faster or easier than using a graphical tool like the one you are inappropriately advertising.

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  4. AnonymousOctober 14, 2013 at 11:15 PM

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  6. David RefaeliMay 12, 2016 at 1:49 PM

    atleast in windows 10 you have to add the download path to windows environment variables.

    Right click "This PC" -> Properties > Advanced System Settings -> Environment Variables -> Choose the "Path" from system variables, and edit -> add -> Add the path (directory) of where you installed whois (for example, if its in c:\whois\ - add it). Open command prompt (if it's allready open - close and reopen) and then whois is ready to go.

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