domain searches

# so you have a list of domain names you want to search for in a text file
# maybe you generated them with my pattern_matcher gem: https://github.com/aquabu/pattern_expander
# here's a cheap and dirty way to see if they are available

require 'whois' # this is the ruby-whois gem

def lookup(name)
  domain = name.chomp + '.com'
  w = Whois.whois(domain)
  STDOUT.syswrite(domain + "\n") if w.available?
rescue Timeout::Error, Errno::ECONNRESET, Whois::ConnectionError
  retry
end

File.open('cvcvc.txt') do |file_handle|
  file_handle.each_line do |name|
    lookup(name)
  end
end