TLDR
Enter a command. For example: finger, pre commit, ipaggcreate.

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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