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+"""RSPL Whois Search
+====================
+
+Usage: rpsl whois [text]
+
+"""
+
+import os.path
+from ipaddress import ip_network
+from typing import List, Dict, Tuple
+
+from dom.filedom import FileDOM
+
+
+def run(args: List[str], env: Dict[str, str]) -> int:
+    "do whois search"
+    path = env.get("RPSL_DIR")
+
+    if len(args) == 0:
+        print("Usage: rpsl whois [text]")
+
+    schema = None
+    text, args = shift(args)
+
+    if len(args) > 0:
+        schema = text
+        text, args = shift(args)
+
+    ip = None
+    try:
+        ip = ip_network(text)
+    except ValueError:
+        pass
+
+    lookups, find = load_lookup(path)
+
+    if ip is not None:
+        print(f"Searching network {text}...")
+        return 0
+
+    keys = [(schema, text)]
+    if schema is None:
+        keys = find.get(text, [])
+
+    for i in keys:
+        fn = os.path.join(path, lookups[i][2])
+        print(FileDOM.from_file(fn))
+
+    return 0
+
+
+def load_lookup(path: str) -> Tuple[Dict[Tuple[str, str], FileDOM],
+                                    Dict[str, List[Tuple[str, str]]]]:
+    "Load lookup data"
+    index_file = os.path.join(path, ".rpsl/index")
+
+    lookups = {}  # type: Dict[Tuple[str, str], FileDOM]
+    find = {}  # type: Dict[str, List[Tuple[str, str]]]
+
+    with open(index_file) as fd:
+        for line in fd.readlines():
+            sp = line.strip().split(sep="|")
+            lookups[(sp[0], sp[1])] = (sp[0], sp[1], sp[2])
+            find[sp[1]] = find.get(sp[1], [])
+            find[sp[1]].append((sp[0], sp[1]))
+
+    return lookups, find
+
+
+def shift(args: List[str]) -> Tuple[str, List[str]]:
+    "shift off first arg + rest"
+    if len(args) == 0:
+        return None, []
+
+    if len(args) == 1:
+        return args[0], []
+
+    return args[0], args[1:]