- About dig : DNS lookup utility
- Comes From : bind-utils-9.7.0-5.P2.el6.i686
- Configuration Files: /etc/resolv.conf
Examples :
1. To dig into any domain name server
| $ dig centos.com |
2. To hide any particular section from the output
| $ dig centos.com +noanswer $ dig centos.com +noadditional $ dig centos.com +nostats $ dig centos.com +noauthority $ dig centos.com +nocomments |
3. To query all types of records
| $ dig centos.com -t ANY |
4. To query MX records (Mail Exchanger records)
| $ dig centos.com MX $ dig centos.com -t MX |
5. To query SIG records (Signature Records)
| $ dig centos.com -t SIG |
6. To query NS records (Name server records)
| $ dig centos.com -t NS |
7. To query TXT records (Text records)
| $ dig centos.com -t TXT |
8. To see the summarized output
| $ dig centos.com +short |
9. To do the reverse DNS lookup of the server
| $ dig -x centos.com |
Related Commands: host, named, dnssec-keygen, RFC1035
