host

Lookup Domain Name Server. More information: <https://manned.org/host>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/host.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install bind9-host
Ubuntu
apt-get install bind9-host
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S bind9-host
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install bind9-host
CentOS
yum install bind9-host
Fedora
dnf install bind9-host
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install bind9-host
Raspbian
apt-get install bind9-host

Lookup Domain Name Server. More information: <https://manned.org/host>.

  • Lookup A, AAAA, and MX records of a domain:
    host domain
  • Lookup a field (CNAME, TXT,...) of a domain:
    host -t field domain
  • Reverse lookup an IP:
    host ip_address
  • Specify an alternate DNS server to query:
    host domain 8.8.8.8

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