10 Linux DIG Command Examples for DNS Lookup--reference

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
redhat.com. 600 IN NS ns1.redhat.com.
redhat.com. 600 IN NS ns4.redhat.com.
redhat.com. 600 IN NS ns3.redhat.com.
redhat.com. 600 IN NS ns2.redhat.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.redhat.com. 600 IN A 209.132.186.218
ns2.redhat.com. 600 IN A 209.132.183.2
ns3.redhat.com. 600 IN A 209.132.176.100
ns4.redhat.com. 600 IN A 209.132.188.218

;; Query time: 160 msec
;; SERVER: 209.132.186.218#53(209.132.186.218)
;; WHEN: Thu Jan 12 10:22:11 2012
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 180

9. Bulk DNS Query Using dig -f (and command line)

Query multiple websites using a data file:

You can perform a bulk DNS query based on the data from a file.

First,create a sample names.txt file that contains the website that you want to query.

$ vi names.txt
redhat.com
centos.org

Next,execute dig -f as shown below,which will perform DNS query for the websites listed in the names.txt file and display the output.

$ dig -f names.txt +noall +answer
redhat.com.             60      IN      A       209.132.183.81
centos.org.             60      IN      A       72.232.194.162

You can also combine record type with the -f option. The following example displays the MX records of multiple websites that are located in the names.txt file.

$ dig -f names.txt MX +noall +answer
redhat.com.             600     IN      MX      10 mx2.redhat.com.
redhat.com.             600     IN      MX      5 mx1.redhat.com.
centos.org.             3600    IN      MX      10 mail.centos.org.

Query multiple websites from dig command line:

You can also query multiple websites from the dig command line as shown below. The following example queries MX record for redhat.com,and NS record for centos.org from the command line

$ dig redhat.com mx +noall +answer centos.org ns +noall +answer
; <<>> DiG 9.7.3-RedHat-9.7.3-2.el6 <<>> redhat.com mx +noall +answer centos.org ns +noall +answer

;; global options: +cmd

redhat.com.             332     IN      MX      10 mx2.redhat.com.

redhat.com.             332     IN      MX      5 mx1.redhat.com.

centos.org.             3778    IN      NS      ns3.centos.org.

centos.org.             3778    IN      NS      ns4.centos.org.

centos.org.             3778    IN      NS      ns1.centos.org.

10. Use $HOME/.digrc File to Store Default dig Options

If you are always trying to view only the ANSWER section of the dig output,you don’t have to keep typing “+noall +answer” on your every dig command. Instead,add your dig options to the .digrc file as shown below.

$ cat $HOME/.digrc
+noall +answer

Now anytime you execute dig command,it will always use +noall and +answer options by default. Now the dig command line became very simple and easy to read without you have to type those options every time.

$ dig redhat.com
redhat.com.             60      IN      A       209.132.183.81
$ dig redhat.com MX

redhat.com.             52      IN      MX      5 mx1.redhat.com.

redhat.com.             52      IN      MX      10 mx2.redhat.com.

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