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In this example we see the IP address of www.linuxintro.org is ''92.51.132.237''. | In this example we see the IP address of www.linuxintro.org is ''92.51.132.237''. | ||
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| + | The syntax of a dig call is | ||
| + | dig domain <acronym title="Can be MX">type</acronym> | ||
= See also = | = See also = | ||
* [[host]] | * [[host]] | ||
* [http://man-wiki.net/index.php/1:dig dig's man page] | * [http://man-wiki.net/index.php/1:dig dig's man page] | ||
Revision as of 13:08, 2 July 2011
The command dig allows you to query a name server for IP addresses like this:
# dig www.linuxintro.org ; <<>> DiG 9.7.3-P1 <<>> www.linuxintro.org ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 884 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;www.linuxintro.org. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: www.linuxintro.org. 14400 IN A 92.51.132.237 ;; Query time: 67 msec ;; SERVER: 192.168.0.1#53(192.168.0.1) ;; WHEN: Sat Jul 2 14:34:22 2011 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 52
In this example we see the IP address of www.linuxintro.org is 92.51.132.237.
The syntax of a dig call is
dig domain <acronym title="Can be MX">type</acronym>
