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dig (domain information groper) is a network administration command-line tool for querying Domain Name System (DNS) name servers.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dig_(command) ©] | dig (domain information groper) is a network administration command-line tool for querying Domain Name System (DNS) name servers.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dig_(command) ©] |
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Commands | dig
dig
dig (domain information groper) is a network administration command-line tool for querying Domain Name System (DNS) name servers.©
Command Syntax
dig [@server] [-t type] [-x addr]
- [@server]
- allows you to query a specific DNS server
- [-t type]
- allows you to query a specific type of DNS record, A,MX,PTR,CNAME,SOA,SRV,etc
- [-x addr] or [-x]
- performs a reverse lookup, matching address to name. The name has to be registered with .arpa in order for this to work.