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TL;DR

dog

DNS lookup utility. It has colorful output, supports DNS-over-TLS and DNS-over-HTTPS protocols, and can emit JSON. More information: https://dns.lookup.dog.

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

dog example.com

  • Query the MX records type associated with a given domain name:

dog example.com MX

  • Specify a specific DNS server to query (e.g. Cloudflare):

dog example.com MX @1.1.1.1

  • Query over TCP rather than UDP:

dog example.com MX @1.1.1.1 --tcp

  • Query the MX records type associated with a given domain name over TCP using explicit arguments:

dog --query example.com --type MX --nameserver 1.1.1.1 --tcp

  • Lookup the IP(s) associated with a hostname (A records) using DNS over HTTPS (DoH):

dog example.com --https @https://cloudflare-dns.com/dns-query

This document was created using the contents of the tldr project.