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dig: add more options (#1947)

Agniva De Sarker 7 years ago
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pages/common/dig.md

@@ -6,18 +6,26 @@
 
 `dig +short {{hostname.com}}`
 
-- Lookup the mail server associated with a given domain name (MX record):
+- Lookup the mail server(s) associated with a given domain name (MX record):
 
 `dig +short {{hostname.com}} MX`
 
+- Get all types of records for a given domain name:
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+`dig {{hostname.com}} ANY`
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 - Specify an alternate DNS server to query (8.8.8.8 is google's public DNS):
 
-`dig @8.8.8.8 {{hostname.com}}`
+`dig @{{8.8.8.8}} {{hostname.com}}`
 
 - Perform a reverse DNS lookup on an IP address (PTR record):
 
-`dig -x 8.8.8.8`
+`dig -x {{8.8.8.8}}`
 
 - Find authoritative name servers for the zone and display SOA records:
 
 `dig +nssearch {{hostname.com}}`
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+- Perform iterative queries and display the entire trace path to resolve a domain name:
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+`dig +trace {{hostname.com}}`