dig command Gather information from the Domain Name System servers: Command Line Mode dig query -h Multiple Query Mode dig +global_queryoptquery -h query @server name type class -b address -c class -f filename -k filename -n -p port# -t type -x addr -y name:key +queryopt +queryopt or +global_queryopt +noaaonly | +aaonly +noadditional | +additional +noadflag | +adflag +noall | +all +noanswer | +answer +noauthority | +authority +nobesteffort | +besteffort +nocdflag | +cdflag +nocmd | +cmd +nocomments | +comments +nodefname | +defname +nodnssec | +dnssec +nofail | +fail +noidentify | +identify +noignore | +ignore +nomultiline | +multiline +nonssearch | +nssearch +noqr | +qr +noquestion | +question +norecursive | +recursive +nosearch | +search +noshort | +short +nosta | +sta +notcp | +tcp +notrace | +trace +novc | +vc +bufsize=B +domain=somename +ndots=D +time=T +tries=A