Command-line Interface

The cymruwhois utility program lets you do lookups from the command line or shell scripts.

Lookups can be done from stdin or from files:

justin@dell ~ % cat /tmp/ips | cymruwhois
15169    66.102.1.104    66.102.0.0/23      US GOOGLE - Google Inc.
22990    169.226.1.110   169.226.0.0/16     US ALBANYEDU - The University at Albany
12306    82.98.86.176    82.98.64.0/18      DE PLUSLINE Plus.Line AG IP-Services

justin@dell ~ % cymruwhois /tmp/ips
15169    66.102.1.104    66.102.0.0/23      US GOOGLE - Google Inc.
22990    169.226.1.110   169.226.0.0/16     US ALBANYEDU - The University at Albany
12306    82.98.86.176    82.98.64.0/18      DE PLUSLINE Plus.Line AG IP-Services

The formatting and contents of the output can be controlled with the -f and -d options:

justin@dell ~ % cymruwhois /tmp/ips -f asn,cc
15169    US
22990    US
12306    DE

justin@dell ~ % cymruwhois /tmp/ips -f asn,cc -d,
15169,US
22990,US
12306,DE