Technical data

dig
Keyword Abbreviation Default Description
[ no ] stats st st Display query statistics.
[ no ] Header H H Display basic header.
[ no ] header he he Display header flags.
[ no ] ttlid tt tt Display TTLs.
[ no ] cl nocl Display class information.
[ no ] qr noqr Display outgoing query
[ no ] reply rep rep Display reply.
[ no ] ques qu qu Display question section.
[ no ] answer an an Display answer section.
[ no ] author au au Display authoritative section.
[ no ] addit ad ad Display additional section.
pfdef Set to default display flags.
pfmin Set to minimal default display
flags.
pfset=# Set display flags to # (# can be
hexadecimal, octal, or decimal).
pfand=# Bitwise and display flags with #.
pfor=# Bitwise or display flags with #.
Examples
The following examples show how to use the dig command.
1.
$ dig
; <<>> DiG 8.1 <<>>
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 13, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 13
;; QUERY SECTION:
;; ., type = NS, class = IN
;; ANSWER SECTION:
. 1d20h1m11s IN NS E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 1d20h1m11s IN NS D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 1d20h1m11s IN NS A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 1d20h1m11s IN NS H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 1d20h1m11s IN NS C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 1d20h1m11s IN NS G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 1d20h1m11s IN NS F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 1d20h1m11s IN NS B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 1d20h1m11s IN NS J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 1d20h1m11s IN NS K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 1d20h1m11s IN NS L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 1d20h1m11s IN NS M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 1d20h1m11s IN NS I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
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