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SmartWhois supports command
line parameters specifying IP address/hostname/domain, as well as
files to be opened/saved. There are two query types supported:
Simple queries and Batch queries.
Simple
Queries
To launch SmartWhois and make
it query an IP address/hostname or domain, you don't need to use
any parameters except the IP address/hostname/domain itself:
SW.EXE
207.46.197.113
SW.EXE
www.yahoo.com
By default, SmartWhois
automatically detects your input and queries 207.46.197.113 as IP
address and yahoo.com as domain. Specific queries can be made using
following parameters:
| -d
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specifies that the program should make a
domain query.
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| -i
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specifies that the program should make an
IP / hostname query.
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Examples:
SW.EXE yahoo.com
-d
SW.EXE www.etrade.com
–i
Additionally you can run a dual
query (IP / Hostname and
Domain) by specifying
the "2" symbol as a query type parameter:
SW.EXE www.etrade.com
–2
Optional simple query
parameters:
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-os
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specifies that the query
results are sent to the active console application, such as the
command prompt. If you use this parameter when executing a query
from the command prompt, the query results will be printed in the
command prompt window. This option works in Windows XP/2003 or
higher.
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-h
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specifies that the query is
processed without opening the program's main window. Please note
that the SmartWhois tray icon will always be displayed when this
parameter is used. The icon will disappear when the program's main
window is opened by right-clicking on the icon and selecting
Show
from the menu, or by
double-clicking on the icon.
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-c
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specifies that the program must
close after the query is processed. This parameter should be used
only in conjunction with the "-os" parameter and must be preceded
by it.
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Examples:
SW.EXE yahoo.com -os -h
-c
SW.EXE yahoo.com -d -os
-h -c
Batch
Queries
You can use command line
parameters for performing complex batch tasks, such as loading a
list of IP addresses, processing the list, saving the obtained
results into a text file, and exiting. The following parameters
exist:
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-b
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specifies that the program
should work in batch mode. This parameter is mandatory in the batch
mode and should be the first one.
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-st
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specifies that the next
argument is a text file containing IP addresses. This parameter is
mandatory in the batch mode when the "As text containing IP
addresses" query option
is selected.
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-si
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specifies that the next
argument is a source file containing a list of IP addresses. This
parameter is mandatory in the batch mode when querying a list of IP
addresses.
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-sd
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specifies that the next
argument is a source file containing a list of domains. This
parameter is mandatory in the batch mode when querying a list of
domains.
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Examples:
SW.EXE -b -sd
C:\LOGS\domains.txt
The program reads domains from
list.txt and processes the list without saving results.
Optional parameters:
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-ot
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specifies that the next
argument is an output file, and that the results should be saved as
text.
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-oa
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specifies that the next
argument is an output file, and that the results should be saved as
a SmartWhois archive.
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-ox
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specifies that the next
argument is an output file, and that the results should be saved as
XML.
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-oe
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specifies that the next
argument is an output file, and that the results should be saved as
XLS.
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-h
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specifies that the query is
processed without opening the program's main window. Please note
that the SmartWhois tray icon will always be displayed when this
parameter is used. The icon will disappear when the program's main
window is opened by right-clicking on the icon and selecting "Show"
from the menu, or by double-clicking on the icon.
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-c
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Specifies that the program
should be closed when done. This parameter must be used with the
output format defining parameters (-oa, -ot, -ox, -oe) and the file
name where the results will be written. It must always follow
them.
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Examples:
SW.EXE -b -si
C:\LOGS\list.txt -ot C:\LOGS\results.txt
The program reads IP addresses
from list.txt, processes the list, and saves the results to
results.txt in plain text format.
SW.EXE -b -si
C:\LOGS\list.txt -ox C:\LOGS\results.xml
The program reads IP addresses
from list.txt, processes the list, and saves the results to
results.xml in XML format.
SW.EXE -b -sd
C:\LOGS\domains.txt
The program reads domains from
list.txt and processes the list without saving results.
SW.EXE -b -sd
C:\LOGS\list.txt -oa "C:\Business Data\my domains.swh" -c
The program reads domains from
list.txt, processes the list, saves the results to mydomains.swh as
a SmartWhois archive, and exits.
Important: If a
file name or its path contains spaces, it must be enclosed in
quotation marks (" ").
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