Whois script which is able to query new TLD's. (Original script from http://blog.zappan.net/2015/01/new-gtlds-and-whois-command/)

whois.sh

#!/bin/sh

if [ -z $1 ]; then
	# Check if we passed an argument
	echo "Usage : $0 [domain_name.tld]"
	exit
else
	domain=$1
fi

# Extract the tld from the domain name
tld=`echo $domain | awk -F'.' '{print $NF}'`

# Search which database host is associated to this tld in the IANA whois db
search=`whois .$tld -h whois.iana.org | egrep -e "^whois:" | awk '{print $NF}'` 

if [ $tld = "com" ] || [ $tld = "net" ] || [ $tld = "edu" ]; then
        # Executing whois for com, net and edu domains
	echo "Using $search database for $domain"
	whois $domain

elif [ -n "$search" ]; then
	# Finally execute the whois
	echo "Using $search database for $domain"
	whois $domain -h $search
fi