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perform DNS lookups

Synopsis

ofdns [options] domain1 [domain2 ...]

Description

ofdns is a program to perform DNS lookups.

Options

-c class, --class=class

The DNS class to query (defaults to IN).

-h, ā€‰--help

Show the help.

-s server, --server=server

The server to query.

-t type, --type=type

The record type to query (defaults to AAAA and A, can be repeated).

--tcp

Force using TCP for the query.

Examples

Query the A and AAAA record for example.com:

ofdns example.com

Query the CNAME record for www.example.com:

ofdns -t CNAME example.com

Query 2001:db8::1 for the AAAA record for example.com:

ofdns -s 2001:db8::1 -t AAAA example.com