kdig

Advanced DNS lookup utility. More information: <https://www.knot-dns.cz/docs/latest/html/man_kdig.html>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/kdig.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install knot-dnsutils
Ubuntu
apt-get install knot-dnsutils
Alpine
apk add knot
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S knot
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install knot-dnsutils
Fedora
dnf install knot-utils
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install knot-dnsutils
OS X
brew install knot
Raspbian
apt-get install knot-dnsutils
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/kdig
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/kdig kdig powered by Commando

Advanced DNS lookup utility. More information: <https://www.knot-dns.cz/docs/latest/html/man_kdig.html>.

  • Lookup the IP(s) associated with a hostname (A records):
    kdig example.com
  • Specify a specific DNS server to query (e.g. Google DNS):
    kdig example.com @8.8.8.8
  • Query a specific DNS record type associated with a given domain name:
    kdig example.com A|AAAA|NS|SOA|DNSKEY|ANY
  • Lookup the IP(s) associated with a hostname (A records) using DNS over TLS (DoT):
    kdig -d @8.8.8.8 +tls-ca +tls-host=dns.google example.com
  • Lookup the IP(s) associated with a hostname (A records) using DNS over HTTPS (DoH):
    kdig -d @1.1.1.1 +https +tls-hostname=1dot1dot1dot1.cloudflare-dns.com example.com

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