Using applescript to run a whois from an ip address

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Using applescript to run a whois from an ip address

I need to be able to automatically look up IP addresses to get their location and registration information. I notice the network Utilities, which performs the function well manually, has no dictionary for apple script. Can anyone tell me if and how this could be done by apple script

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Xserve, Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Posted on Jul 9, 2010 10:19 AM

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Answer 1

Camelot

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Jul 9, 2010 12:58 PM in response to Donald Collier1

Sure, via the shell:

do shell script "whois 1.2.3.4"

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Answer 2

Jul 9, 2010 3:16 PM in response to Camelot

Thanks yes I have that bit but where does the answer go lol

Ideally I would like to post it somewhere but what am I posting? if I could post the answer to a variable then I can send it on from there.

Thanks

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Jul 9, 2010 4:24 PM in response to Donald Collier1

for example I have tried this

set ipone to do shell script "whois xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"
tell application "FileMaker Pro Advanced"
tell database "fielname.fp7"
tell table 11
tell field "field_name"
ipone
end tell
end tell
end tell
end tell

but it fails

thanks

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Answer 4

Jul 9, 2010 5:03 PM in response to Donald Collier1

If it is like other program you need to set the field not just tell it...

set field "field_name" to ipone

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Answer 5

Camelot

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Jul 9, 2010 5:17 PM in response to Donald Collier1

Thanks yes I have that bit but where does the answer go lol

Like any AppleScript command, the output of the last command is stored in the variable result. In this case the output of the shell command is the result of the do shell script command.
This makes it trivial to assign to any variable for later use, e.g.:

do shell script "whois 1.2.3.4" -- result of command implicitly stored in the result
set myVariableName to the result -- store the result for later use

or, more succinctly:

set myVariableName to (do shell script "whois 1.2.3.4")

(parentheses are optional, but added for clarity)

in the latter example, the command is executed and the result assigned to myVariableName.

The same techniques can be used for any AppleScript command that returns a value.

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