# CLI Usage

hoardom can run as a normal CLI tool for quick domain lookups.

written before i went nuts making the tui tool

## Basic Usage

```bash
# search a name across all TLDs in the Standard list
hoardom coolproject

# search a specific full domain
hoardom coolproject.io

# search multiple domains at once
hoardom coolproject mysite bigidea
```

## Modes

| Flag    | Description                                        |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------|
| `--cli` | Default non-interactive mode (implied when no flag) |
| `--tui` | Launch the Terminal UI                             |

## Basics

| Flag                        | Description                                                       |
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `-e, --environement=PATH`   | Where to store the `.hoardom` config folder                       |
| `-a, --all`                 | Show all results including unavailable domains                    |
| `-h, --help`                | Basic help                                                        |
| `-H, --fullhelp`            | Full help with all flags                                          |

## Advanced

| Flag                        | Description                                                       |
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `-c, --csv[=PATH]`          | Output as CSV. If PATH is given writes to file, otherwise stdout  |
| `-l, --list=LIST`           | TLD list to use: `Standard`, `Decent`, `Country`, `All`           |
| `-i, --import-filter=PATH`  | Import a custom TOML TLD list for this session                    |
| `-t, --top=TLD,TLD`         | Pin certain TLDs to the top of results                            |
| `-o, --onlytop=TLD,TLD`     | Only search these specific TLDs                                   |
| `-s, --suggestions=NUMBER`  | How many alternative suggestions to show (default: 0 / disabled)  |

## Various

| Flag                        | Description                                                       |
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `-j, --jobs=NUMBER`         | Number of concurrent lookup requests (default: 32). Controls how many TLDs are looked up at the same time. Higher values speed up searches but may trigger rate limiting from RDAP/WHOIS servers. Max 99. |
| `-D, --delay=SECONDS`       | Delay in seconds between lookup requests                          |
| `-R, --retry=NUMBER`        | Retry count on lookup errors (default: 1)                         |
| `-V, --verbose`             | Verbose output for debugging                                      |
| `-A, --autosearch=FILE`     | Search domains from a text file (one per line)                    |
| `-C, --no-color`            | Monochrome output                                                 |
| `-U, --no-unicode`          | ASCII-only output (no unicode box drawing)                        |
| `-M, --no-mouse`            | Disable mouse integration in TUI                                  |
| `-r, --refresh-cache`       | Force refresh the RDAP bootstrap cache                            |

## Examples

```bash
# fast search with 64 concurrent requests
hoardom -j 64 coolproject

# search with the Country TLD list
hoardom -l Country mysite

# only check .com and .net
hoardom -o com,net bigidea

# CSV output to file
hoardom -c results.csv coolproject

# CSV to stdout (no logs)
hoardom -c coolproject

# search domains from a file
hoardom -A domains.txt

# import a custom list and search
hoardom -i custom-tlds.toml coolproject

# verbose with retry and delay
hoardom -V -R 3 -D 0.5 coolproject
```