dog is a command-line DNS client.
Dogs can look up!
dog is a command-line DNS client, like dig. It has colourful output, understands normal command-line argument syntax, supports the DNS-over-TLS and DNS-over-HTTPS protocols, and can emit JSON.
$ dog
dog ● command-line DNS client
Usage:
dog [OPTIONS] [--] <arguments>
Examples:
dog example.net Query a domain using default settings
dog example.net MX ...looking up MX records instead
dog example.net MX @1.1.1.1 ...using a specific nameserver instead
dog example.net MX @1.1.1.1 -T ...using TCP rather than UDP
dog -q example.net -t MX -n 1.1.1.1 -T As above, but using explicit arguments
Query options:
<arguments> Human-readable host names, nameservers, types, or classes
-q, --query=HOST Host name or domain name to query
-t, --type=TYPE Type of the DNS record being queried (A, MX, NS...)
-n, --nameserver=ADDR Address of the nameserver to send packets to
--class=CLASS Network class of the DNS record being queried (IN, CH, HS)
Sending options:
--edns=SETTING Whether to OPT in to EDNS (disable, hide, show)
--txid=NUMBER Set the transaction ID to a specific value
-Z=TWEAKS Set uncommon protocol-level tweaks
Protocol options:
-U, --udp Use the DNS protocol over UDP
-T, --tcp Use the DNS protocol over TCP
-S, --tls Use the DNS-over-TLS protocol
-H, --https Use the DNS-over-HTTPS protocol
Output options:
-1, --short Short mode: display nothing but the first result
-J, --json Display the output as JSON
--color, --colour=WHEN When to colourise the output (always, automatic, never)
--seconds Do not format durations, display them as seconds
--time Print how long the response took to arrive
Meta options:
-?, --help Print list of command-line options
-v, --version Print version information
📦 This is an unofficial build by popey.
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If you’re running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) or later, including Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa), you don’t need to do anything. Snap is already installed and ready to go.
For versions of Ubuntu between 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) and 15.10 (Wily Werewolf), as well as Ubuntu flavours that don’t include snap by default, snap can be installed from the Ubuntu Software Centre by searching for snapd.
Alternatively, snapd can be installed from the command line:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.
To install dog, simply use the following command:
sudo snap install dog
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