[l008com]

...from the command line. It used to be as simple as:

Code:
whois apple.com

And I would get all the info from their domain name. But now when I do that lookup, I get this:

Code:
[MacPro:~] johnm% whois apple.com

Whois Server Version 2.0

Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
for detailed information.

APPLE.COM.WWW.BEYONDWHOIS.COM
APPLE.COM.MORE.INFO.AT.WWW.BEYONDWHOIS.COM
APPLE.COM.IS.OWN3D.BY.NAKEDJER.COM
APPLE.COM.IS.0WN3D.BY.GULLI.COM
APPLE.COM.BEYONDWHOIS.COM
APPLE.COM.AT.WWW.BEYONDWHOIS.COM
APPLE.COM

To single out one record, look it up with "xxx", where xxx is one of the
of the records displayed above. If the records are the same, look them up
with "=xxx" to receive a full display for each record.

>>> Last update of whois database: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:32:03 EDT <<<

NOTICE: The expiration date displayed in this record is the date the [etc]

Some have suggested putting an equal sign before the domain, but that doens't get me much more info at all:

Code:
[MacPro:~] johnm% whois =apple.com

Whois Server Version 2.0

Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
for detailed information.

   Server Name: APPLE.COM.WWW.BEYONDWHOIS.COM
   IP Address: 203.36.226.2
   Registrar: TUCOWS INC.
   Whois Server: whois.tucows.com
   Referral URL: http://domainhelp.opensrs.net

   Server Name: APPLE.COM.MORE.INFO.AT.WWW.BEYONDWHOIS.COM
   IP Address: 203.36.226.2
   Registrar: TUCOWS INC.
   Whois Server: whois.tucows.com
   Referral URL: http://domainhelp.opensrs.net

   Server Name: APPLE.COM.IS.OWN3D.BY.NAKEDJER.COM
   IP Address: 209.236.225.10
   Registrar: TUCOWS INC.
   Whois Server: whois.tucows.com
   Referral URL: http://domainhelp.opensrs.net

   Server Name: APPLE.COM.IS.0WN3D.BY.GULLI.COM
   IP Address: 80.190.192.39
   Registrar: EPAG DOMAINSERVICES GMBH
   Whois Server: whois.enterprice.net
   Referral URL: http://www.enterprice.net

   Server Name: APPLE.COM.BEYONDWHOIS.COM
   IP Address: 203.36.226.2
   Registrar: TUCOWS INC.
   Whois Server: whois.tucows.com
   Referral URL: http://domainhelp.opensrs.net

   Server Name: APPLE.COM.AT.WWW.BEYONDWHOIS.COM
   IP Address: 203.36.226.2
   Registrar: TUCOWS INC.
   Whois Server: whois.tucows.com
   Referral URL: http://domainhelp.opensrs.net

   Domain Name: APPLE.COM
   Registrar: MARKMONITOR INC.
   Whois Server: whois.markmonitor.com
   Referral URL: http://www.markmonitor.com
   Name Server: NSERVER.APPLE.COM
   Name Server: NSERVER.ASIA.APPLE.COM
   Name Server: NSERVER.EURO.APPLE.COM
   Name Server: NSERVER2.APPLE.COM
   Name Server: NSERVER3.APPLE.COM
   Name Server: NSERVER4.APPLE.COM
   Status: clientDeleteProhibited
   Status: clientTransferProhibited
   Status: clientUpdateProhibited
   Updated Date: 21-jan-2009
   Creation Date: 19-feb-1987
   Expiration Date: 20-feb-2011

>>> Last update of whois database: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:32:33 EDT <<<

It seems to be returning every domain that matches what i'm searching for. How can I tell it to just look up EXACTLY what i'm searching for, instead of searching for what i'm searching for?

[ibook_steve]

Internic still works:

http://www.internic.net/whois.html

Steve

[l008com]

i don't see any specific info about who registered apple.com

http://reports.internic.net/cgi/whoi...mp;type=domain

[Cold Warrior]

Network Utility has a whois option among many other options.

[l008com]

Originally Posted by Cold Warrior 

Network Utility has a whois option among many other options.

Yes but:

1) it returns the same results as doing 'whois' from the command line
2) the point of my question is so that i can fix my web based lookup tool, which uses the `whois` cli program.

[besson3c]

I don't think whois lookups are terribly useful anymore since many domain registrars offer private registrations as an option.

[shifuimam]

Just use www.iptools.com - it provides a one-stop access for everything.

It's basically what dnsstuff used to be before they started charging for their services.

[l008com]

Originally Posted by shifuimam 

Just use www.iptools.com

Originally Posted by l008com 

...the point of my question is so that i can fix my web based lookup tool, which uses the `whois` cli program.

Originally Posted by l008com 

...from the command line.

ugh