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drill — Perform various DNS queries. More information: <https://manned.org/drill>.

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Problem

How to use the drill command: Perform various DNS queries. More information: <https://manned.org/drill>.

Solution

drill — Perform various DNS queries. More information: <https://manned.org/drill>.

Lookup the IP(s) associated with a hostname (A records):
drill {{example.com}}


Lookup the mail server(s) associated with a given domain name (MX record):
drill mx {{example.com}}


Get all types of records for a given domain name:
drill any {{example.com}}


Specify an alternate DNS server to query:
drill {{example.com}} @{{8.8.8.8}}


Perform a reverse DNS lookup on an IP address (PTR record):
drill -x {{8.8.8.8}}


Perform DNSSEC trace from root servers down to a domain name:
drill -TD {{example.com}}


Show DNSKEY record(s) for a domain name:
drill -s dnskey {{example.com}}

Code Snippets

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

drill {{example.com}}

Lookup the mail server(s) associated with a given domain name (MX record)

drill mx {{example.com}}

Get all types of records for a given domain name

drill any {{example.com}}

Specify an alternate DNS server to query

drill {{example.com}} @{{8.8.8.8}}

Perform a reverse DNS lookup on an IP address (PTR record)

drill -x {{8.8.8.8}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/drill

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