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by nailer 3900 days ago
The main aim is to be useful. Someone who wants to lookup Whois is better served by giving them something that will achieve that task.

If you have other suggestions though, send a pull request. The project has already gotten a bunch from the SmartOS and FreeBSD communities.
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daveloyall 3900 days ago
If I could send a pull request to Microsoft for inclusion of a legit whois binary on their OS--nope, you're right, I'm just full of spite on this subject. :)
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ryanlol 3899 days ago
Actually, pretty sure most linux distributions don't ship with the whois binary.

(This is entirely based on the fact that I find myself installing it far too often)

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daveloyall 3897 days ago
That's a feature. My initial installations don't include much. Tools are installed the first time I need to use them.
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