dig

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DNS lookup utility. See also: `resolvectl`, `nslookup`, `host`.

Examples (8)

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

Specify an alternate DNS server to query and optionally use DNS over TLS (DoT)

dig +tls @1.1.1.1|8.8.8.8|9.9.9.9|... 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

Query a DNS server over a non-standard [p]ort using the TCP protocol

dig +tcp -p port @dns_server_ip example.com