Information for jwhois-2.4.1:

Comment:
An improved WHOIS client capable of selecting server to query

Description:
Jwhois is a WHOIS client, with a feature of selecting servers to
query based on a configulation file. Query results are cached to local
databases. If you make a same query later, the results are extracted
from databases; you can get your answer quickly.

WWW: http://www.gnu.org/software/jwhois