tldr/pages/common/dig.md

# dig

> DNS Lookup utility.

- Lookup the IP(s) associated with a hostname (A records):

`dig +short {{hostname.com}}`

- Lookup the mail server(s) associated with a given domain name (MX record):

`dig +short {{hostname.com}} MX`

- Get all types of records for a given domain name:

`dig {{hostname.com}} ANY`

- Specify an alternate DNS server to query (8.8.8.8 is google's public DNS):

`dig @{{8.8.8.8}} {{hostname.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 {{hostname.com}}`

- Perform iterative queries and display the entire trace path to resolve a domain name:

`dig +trace {{hostname.com}}`
A bunch of new pages: common/: dig, gzip, rm, sort, zfs, zpool linux/: apt-get, shutdown osx/: airport, caffeinate, diskutil, networksetup open, pgrep, qlmanage, say, shutdown, sysctl, system_profiler Edits to existing pages: curl: Added simple download example find: Added iname and size exmaples grep: Edited -c description ps: Added wide lines example ssh: edited -D description, added simple port forwarding example unzip: added list option 2014-02-11 00:36:05 +04:00			`# dig`

Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 20:31:27 +03:00			`> DNS Lookup utility.`
A bunch of new pages: common/: dig, gzip, rm, sort, zfs, zpool linux/: apt-get, shutdown osx/: airport, caffeinate, diskutil, networksetup open, pgrep, qlmanage, say, shutdown, sysctl, system_profiler Edits to existing pages: curl: Added simple download example find: Added iname and size exmaples grep: Edited -c description ps: Added wide lines example ssh: edited -D description, added simple port forwarding example unzip: added list option 2014-02-11 00:36:05 +04:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 20:31:27 +03:00			`- Lookup the IP(s) associated with a hostname (A records):`
A bunch of new pages: common/: dig, gzip, rm, sort, zfs, zpool linux/: apt-get, shutdown osx/: airport, caffeinate, diskutil, networksetup open, pgrep, qlmanage, say, shutdown, sysctl, system_profiler Edits to existing pages: curl: Added simple download example find: Added iname and size exmaples grep: Edited -c description ps: Added wide lines example ssh: edited -D description, added simple port forwarding example unzip: added list option 2014-02-11 00:36:05 +04:00
Fix double leading backticks 2014-02-17 21:15:48 +04:00			`dig +short {{hostname.com}}`
A bunch of new pages: common/: dig, gzip, rm, sort, zfs, zpool linux/: apt-get, shutdown osx/: airport, caffeinate, diskutil, networksetup open, pgrep, qlmanage, say, shutdown, sysctl, system_profiler Edits to existing pages: curl: Added simple download example find: Added iname and size exmaples grep: Edited -c description ps: Added wide lines example ssh: edited -D description, added simple port forwarding example unzip: added list option 2014-02-11 00:36:05 +04:00
dig: add more options (#1947) 2018-02-02 09:43:22 +03:00			`- Lookup the mail server(s) associated with a given domain name (MX record):`
A bunch of new pages: common/: dig, gzip, rm, sort, zfs, zpool linux/: apt-get, shutdown osx/: airport, caffeinate, diskutil, networksetup open, pgrep, qlmanage, say, shutdown, sysctl, system_profiler Edits to existing pages: curl: Added simple download example find: Added iname and size exmaples grep: Edited -c description ps: Added wide lines example ssh: edited -D description, added simple port forwarding example unzip: added list option 2014-02-11 00:36:05 +04:00
Fix double leading backticks 2014-02-17 21:15:48 +04:00			`dig +short {{hostname.com}} MX`
A bunch of new pages: common/: dig, gzip, rm, sort, zfs, zpool linux/: apt-get, shutdown osx/: airport, caffeinate, diskutil, networksetup open, pgrep, qlmanage, say, shutdown, sysctl, system_profiler Edits to existing pages: curl: Added simple download example find: Added iname and size exmaples grep: Edited -c description ps: Added wide lines example ssh: edited -D description, added simple port forwarding example unzip: added list option 2014-02-11 00:36:05 +04:00
dig: add more options (#1947) 2018-02-02 09:43:22 +03:00			`- Get all types of records for a given domain name:`

			`dig {{hostname.com}} ANY`

Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 20:31:27 +03:00			`- Specify an alternate DNS server to query (8.8.8.8 is google's public DNS):`
A bunch of new pages: common/: dig, gzip, rm, sort, zfs, zpool linux/: apt-get, shutdown osx/: airport, caffeinate, diskutil, networksetup open, pgrep, qlmanage, say, shutdown, sysctl, system_profiler Edits to existing pages: curl: Added simple download example find: Added iname and size exmaples grep: Edited -c description ps: Added wide lines example ssh: edited -D description, added simple port forwarding example unzip: added list option 2014-02-11 00:36:05 +04:00
dig: add more options (#1947) 2018-02-02 09:43:22 +03:00			`dig @{{8.8.8.8}} {{hostname.com}}`
dig.md: add reverse DNS lookup example (#1003) Doing a reverse DNS lookup by typing out the IP address in reverse, plus adding .in-addr.arpa to the end is tedious, but fortunately dig has the -x option which makes that process much simpler as one can just feed it a normal IP address. 2016-08-13 07:01:26 +03:00
			`- Perform a reverse DNS lookup on an IP address (PTR record):`

dig: add more options (#1947) 2018-02-02 09:43:22 +03:00			`dig -x {{8.8.8.8}}`
Fixing dependencies 2017-01-11 18:20:26 +03:00
			`- Find authoritative name servers for the zone and display SOA records:`

			`dig +nssearch {{hostname.com}}`
dig: add more options (#1947) 2018-02-02 09:43:22 +03:00
			`- Perform iterative queries and display the entire trace path to resolve a domain name:`

			`dig +trace {{hostname.com}}`