Whois.btm - Look up an IP address

[nchernoff]

Migrated From JP Software Wiki

whois.btm looks up an IP address and displays the URL.

Usage: whois 11.22.33.44
Displays: 11.22.33.44 = xyz12.sample.com

:  whois.btm
:  Run whois and display URL
:  by Joseph "Rick" Reinckens
:  Usage: whois IP_address

@echo off
setlocal

if not "%1"=="" goto get_it
echo *** IP address parameter needed ***
goto done

:get_it
set ipname=%@ipname[%1]
if not "%ipname"=="11004" goto show_it
echo *** No IP address found ***
goto done

:show_it
echo %1 = %ipname

:done
endlocal

 

[Steve Fabian]

For reasons unknown, I the message below could not be delivered as a
response to tc_tips@jpsoft.com:

Steve Fabian wrote:
| nchernoff wrote:
|| *whois.btm looks up an IP address and displays the URL.*
|
| Alternate, looks up as many as are in the command line:
|
| Code
| ---------------
| setlocal
| do while %# GT 0
| set url=%@ipname[%1]
| echo %[1]%@if[%url EQ 11004, *** no IP address ***,=%url]
| shift
| enddo
| ---------------
| Steve

 

[dim]

For reasons unknown, I the message below could not be delivered as a
response to tc_tips@jpsoft.com:

Same here:

Final-Recipient: rfc822; tc_tips@jpsoft.com
Original-Recipient: rfc822;tc_tips@jpsoft.com
Action: failed
Status: 5.1.1
Remote-MTA: dns; spam.apollohosting.com
Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 550 5.1.1 <tc_tips@jpsoft.com>... User unknown

In my case, the reply was:

On 2008-06-04 21:26, nchernoff wrote:
> *whois.btm looks up an IP address and displays the URL.*
>
> Usage: whois 11.22.33.44
> Displays: 11.22.33.44 = xyz12.sample.com

You shouldn't call this "whois", because that is a completely different
service. You're simply doing reverse DNS lookups.

 

[gwgaston]

On 2008-06-04 21:26, nchernoff wrote:
> *whois.btm looks up an IP address and displays the URL.*
>
> Usage: whois 11.22.33.44
> Displays: 11.22.33.44 = xyz12.sample.com

You shouldn't call this "whois", because that is a completely different
service. You're simply doing reverse DNS lookups.

Correct. Also for what the is doing you could use my old resolve plugin too:

http://itservicepro.com/download/Resolve-4NTPlugin.zip

 

[samintz]

Doesn't the utility NSLOOKUP also do this same thing? NSLOOKUP comes with
all Win2K and later Win-OSen.

-Scott

"JP Software Forums" <neil@jpsoft.com> wrote on 10/17/2008 10:06:22 AM:

> ---Quote (Originally by dim)---
>
> On 2008-06-04 21:26, nchernoff wrote:
> > *whois.btm looks up an IP address and displays the URL.*
> >
> > Usage: whois 11.22.33.44
> > Displays: 11.22.33.44 = xyz12.sample.com
>
> You shouldn't call this "whois", because that is a completely different
> service. You're simply doing reverse DNS lookups.
> ---End Quote---
>
> Correct. Also for what the is doing you could use my old resolve
> plugin too:

itservicepro.com/download/Resolve-4NTPlugin.zip

 

[Steve Fabian]

JP Software Forums" <neil@jpsoft.com>; "gwgaston wrote:
| ---Quote (Originally by dim)---
|
| On 2008-06-04 21:26, nchernoff wrote:
|| *whois.btm looks up an IP address and displays the URL.*
||
|| Usage: whois 11.22.33.44
|| Displays: 11.22.33.44 = xyz12.sample.com
|
| You shouldn't call this "whois", because that is a completely
| different
| service. You're simply doing reverse DNS lookups.
| ---End Quote---
|
| Correct. Also for what the is doing you could use my old resolve
| plugin too:

Or the built-in function @ipname[]
--
Steve

 

[gwgaston]

JP Software Forums" <NEIL@JPSOFT.COM>;
Or the built-in function @ipname[]
--
Steve

Yes, his wrapper batch file uses @ipname so that is obvious. Resolve just adds a little more "smarts" than his wrapper.

 

[gwgaston]

Doesn't the utility NSLOOKUP also do this same thing? NSLOOKUP comes with
all Win2K and later Win-OSen.

-Scott

NSLOOKUP is strickly DNS, which likely is fine for most things but resolve (as well as ipname) will work with whatever other name resolution your setup supports. For instance a static entry in your hosts file.

Also my reply was more about wrapper part which resolve expands on:

resolve http://jpsoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=127
66.242.19.217

resolve 66.242.19.217
jpsoft.com

%@if["%@resolve[66.242.19.217]" EQ "jpsoft.com",Yes,No]
Yes

But then I have to support thousands of PCs and resolve is useful enough to load as a plugin for me. Likely not so for most people.

EDIT: I gotta say this is some sucky forum software.