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I’ve recently used a site that allows querying WHOIS servers and got annoyed by the requirement of every time typing in the captcha key, so I thought to myself: “Wouldn’t it be groovy to write a Groovy WHOIS client?”. Well, it is :) So without any further ado, I’m presenting that finished script to you.

def domain = args.length > 0
? args[0] : 'google.com'
def server = args.length > 1
? args[1] : 'whois.geektools.com'
new Socket(server, 43).withStreams {input, output ->
output << "${domain}\r\n"
println input.text
}

As you can see, the script uses Groovy extensions to JDK classes, such as Socket (method withStreams(Closure)), InputStream (getText()) and OutputStream(leftShift(Object)). Neat, huh?

Keep on coding!

Psyho