DIG
dig domain.com
Performs a default A record lookup for the domain.
dig domain.com A
Retrieves the IPv4 address (A record) associated with the domain.
dig domain.com AAAA
Retrieves the IPv6 address (AAAA record) associated with the domain.
dig domain.com MX
Finds the mail servers (MX records) responsible for the domain.
dig domain.com NS
Identifies the authoritative name servers for the domain.
dig domain.com TXT
Retrieves any TXT records associated with the domain.
dig domain.com CNAME
Retrieves the canonical name (CNAME) record for the domain.
dig domain.com SOA
Retrieves the start of authority (SOA) record for the domain.
dig @1.1.1.1 domain.com
Specifies a specific name server to query; in this case 1.1.1.1
dig +trace domain.com
Shows the full path of DNS resolution.
dig -x 192.168.1.1
Performs a reverse lookup on the IP address 192.168.1.1 to find the associated host name. You may need to specify a name server.
dig +short domain.com
Provides a short, concise answer to the query.
dig +noall +answer domain.com
Displays only the answer section of the query output.
dig domain.com ANY
Retrieves all available DNS records for the domain (Note: Many DNS servers ignore ANY queries to reduce load and prevent abuse, as per RFC 8482).
dig -x {ipAddress}
Returns the PTR record for the specified IP Address
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