dig
DNS lookup utility. More information: https://manned.org/dig.
- Lookup the IP(s) associated with a hostname (A records):
dig +short {{example.com}}
- Get a detailed answer for a given domain (A records):
dig +noall +answer {{example.com}}
- Query a specific DNS record type associated with a given domain name:
dig +short {{example.com}} {{A|MX|TXT|CNAME|NS}}
- Get all types of records for a given domain name:
dig {{example.com}} ANY
- Specify an alternate DNS server to query:
dig @{{8.8.8.8}} {{example.com}}
- Perform a reverse DNS lookup on an IP address (PTR record):
dig -x {{8.8.8.8}}
- Find authoritative name servers for the zone and display SOA records:
dig +nssearch {{example.com}}
- Perform iterative queries and display the entire trace path to resolve a domain name:
dig +trace {{example.com}}
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