dog

DNS lookup utility. It has colorful output, supports DNS-over-TLS and DNS-over-HTTPS protocols, and can emit JSON. More information: <https://dns.lookup.dog>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/dog.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install sheepdog
Ubuntu
apt-get install sheepdog
Fedora
dnf install sheepdog
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install sheepdog
Raspbian
apt-get install sheepdog
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/dog

DNS lookup utility. It has colorful output, supports DNS-over-TLS and DNS-over-HTTPS protocols, and can emit JSON. More information: <https://dns.lookup.dog>.

  • Lookup the IP(s) associated with a hostname (A records):
    dog example.com
  • Query the MX records type associated with a given domain name:
    dog example.com MX
  • Specify a specific DNS server to query (e.g. Cloudflare):
    dog example.com MX @1.1.1.1
  • Query over TCP rather than UDP:
    dog example.com MX @1.1.1.1 --tcp
  • Query the MX records type associated with a given domain name over TCP using explicit arguments:
    dog --query example.com --type MX --nameserver 1.1.1.1 --tcp
  • Lookup the IP(s) associated with a hostname (A records) using DNS over HTTPS (DoH):
    dog example.com --https @https://cloudflare-dns.com/dns-query

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