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ahost — DNS lookup utility to display the A or AAAA record linked with a hostname or IP address. More inform

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Problem

How to use the ahost command: DNS lookup utility to display the A or AAAA record linked with a hostname or IP address. More information: <https://manned.org/ahost>.

Solution

ahost — DNS lookup utility to display the A or AAAA record linked with a hostname or IP address. More information: <https://manned.org/ahost>.

Print an A or AAAA record associated with a hostname or IP address:

ahost {{example.com}}

Display some extra debugging output:

ahost -d {{example.com}}

Display the record with a specified type:

ahost -t {{a|aaaa|u}} {{example.com}}

Code Snippets

Print an `A` or `AAAA` record associated with a hostname or IP address

ahost {{example.com}}

Display some extra debugging output

ahost -d {{example.com}}

Display the record with a specified type

ahost -t {{a|aaaa|u}} {{example.com}}

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tldr-pages: linux/ahost

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