small-hacks/find-short-domain.plx

#!/usr/bin/perl
# Copyright (C) 2010, Bradley M. Kuhn
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use strict;
use warnings;

use Net::WhoisNG;

foreach my $let1 ('a' .. 'z', '0' .. '9') {
  foreach my $let2 ('a' .. 'z', '0' .. '9') {
    foreach my $let3 ('a' .. 'z', '0' .. '9') {
      my $domain = "$let1$let2$let3" . ".us";
      my $w = new Net::WhoisNG($domain);
      if(!$w->lookUp()){
        print "$domain is not in use\n";
      } else {
        my $exp_date=$w->getExpirationDate();
        if (not defined $exp_date) {
          print "$domain is not in use\n";
        }
        else {
          print STDERR "taken domain, $domain, $exp_date...\n";
        }
      }
    }
  }
}