whois
brew install whois
v5.6.6
GPL-2.0-or-later
keg-only
Lookup tool for domain names and other internet resources
334
30-day installs · #2106
1.2k
90-day · #2033
7.8k
365-day · #1587
Runtime dependencies
Build dependencies
Links
- https://github.com/rfc1036/whois
- GitHub: rfc1036/whois
- Brew formula source: Formula/w/whois.rb
Keg-only reason
:provided_by_macos
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