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Domain name in, Google PageRank (toolbar value) out. Examples of usage:

[~]$ pr rubyonrails.com
8
[~]$ pr del.icio.us
8
[~]$ pr http://script.aculo.us
7
[~]$ pr dairon.net
4
[~]$ pr apple.com
10

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Example of usage:

[~]$ ava oohay fursplash.{net,org} waking{,-}beast{,.net}
- oohay.com
+ fursplash.net
- fursplash.org
+ wakingbeast.com
+ wakingbeast.net
+ waking-beast.com
+ waking-beast.net

Here is a ruby script to get Alexa traffic rank for specified site.

    1 #!/usr/bin/env ruby -w
    2 
    3 if ARGV.empty?
    4   puts <<-T
    5 alexa rank checker by dairon
    6 usage: alexa <url>
    7   T
    8   exit
    9 end
   10 
   11 require 'open-uri'
   12 
   13 url = ARGV[0]
   14 rank = "-1" # no data
   15 open( "http://alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?url=#{url}", "r" ) do |f|
   16   fstr = f.read
   17   fstr.squeeze!(" ")
   18   fstr =~ /Traffic Rank for(?:.+?)-->(.+?)<\/span>/
   19   break if $1.nil?
   20   rank = $1.gsub(/<(.+?)>/, "").gsub(",","")
   21 end
   22 
   23 puts rank

IP address or hostname on the input, detailed info and location on Google Maps on the output. Example of usage:

[~] lip nasa.gov
. Hostname: nasa.gov
. Country Code: US
. Country Name: United States
. Region: AL
. Region Name: Alabama
. City: Huntsville
. Postal Code: 35812
. Latitude: 34.6325
. Longitude: -86.6527
. ISP: National Aeronautics and Space Association
. Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Association
. Metro Code: 691
. Area Code: 256
. Google Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=34.6325,+-86.6527&iwloc=A&hl=en open? y

Last line is a generated link to Google Maps location. Press y and it will be opened in your browser.