NAME

       name-search  -  check  if  a certain name is available for use on a handful of open source
       related sites

SYNOPSIS

       name-search $@

DESCRIPTION

       name-search is a script that will check if a given namespace is available  in  the  Ubuntu
       apt archive, on Github.com, on Launchpad.net, and if domain names might be available.

       This may be helpful when selecting the name of an open source project, for instance.

SEE ALSO

       wget(1), nslookup(1), apt-cache(8)

AUTHOR

       This  manpage  and  the  utility  was written by Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com> for
       Ubuntu systems (but may be used by others).  Permission is  granted  to  copy,  distribute
       and/or  modify  this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3
       published by the Free Software Foundation.

       On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License  can  be  found  in
       /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL, or on the web at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt.