Binary package “jwhois” in ubuntu trusty

Improved Caching Whois client

 GNU jwhois is an Internet Whois client that queries hosts for
 information according to RFC 954 - NICNAME/WHOIS. JWHOIS is configured
 via a configuration file that contains information about all known Whois
 servers. Upon execution, the host to query is selected based on the
 information in the configuration file.
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 The configuration file is highly customizable and makes heavy use of
 regular expressions.