host(1)host(1)NAMEhost - DNS lookup utility
SYNOPSIS
class] ndots] number] type] wait] name [server]
DESCRIPTION
is a simple utility for performing DNS lookups. It is normally used to
convert names to IP addresses and vice versa. With no options or oper‐
ands, prints an annotated usage summary.
Options
Use only the IPv4 query transport.
Use only the IPv6 query transport.
Equivalent to using
Attempt to display the
records for zone name from all the listed authoritative name
servers for that zone. The list of name servers is defined
by the records that are found for the zone.
Make a DNS query of class
class. This can be used to look up class resource records.
The values for class are:
The Internet class (default).
The MIT Chaosnet class.
The MIT Athena Hesiod class.
The class values are case-insensitive.
Generate verbose output.
Now equivalent to the option. is provided for backwards com‐
patibility. In previous versions, it switched on debugging
traces.
Use the IP6.INT domain, as defined in RFC 1886,
to perform reverse lookups of IPv6 addresses. The default is
to use IP6.ARPA.
Select list mode.
performs a zone transfer for zone name. Transfer the zone,
printing out the and address records If is combined with all
records will be printed.
Set the number of dots that have to be in
name for it to be considered absolute. The default value is
defined using the statement in or is if no statement is
present. Names with fewer dots are interpreted as relative
names and will be searched for in the domains listed in the
or directive in
Set the number of UDP retries for a lookup.
number indicates how many times will repeat a query that does
not get answered. The default number of retries is 1. If
number is negative or zero, the number of retries is set to
1.
Make nonrecursive queries.
Setting this option clears the RD (recursion desired) bit in
the query which makes. This should mean that the name server
receiving the query will not attempt to resolve the name op‐
erand.
This option enables to mimic the behavior of a name server by
making nonrecursive queries and expecting to receive answers
to those queries that are usually referrals to other name
servers.
Use a TCP connection when querying the name server.
TCP is automatically selected for queries that require it,
such as zone transfer requests. By default uses UDP when
making queries.
Select the query type.
type can be any recognized query type: and so on. For poten‐
tial values, see the command in nslookup(1) and the discus‐
sion in named.conf(4).
The type values are case-insensitive.
When the option is omitted, automatically selects an appro‐
priate query type. By default, it looks for records, but if
the option is given, queries are made for records. If the
operand is an IPv4 or IPv6 address, queries for records.
For a query type of you can specify the starting serial num‐
ber by appending an equals sign followed by the starting
serial number (for example,
Generate verbose output.
Set the time to wait for a reply to
wait seconds. If wait is less than 1, the wait interval is
set to 1.
Effectively wait forever for a reply.
The time to wait for a response is set to the number of sec‐
onds given by the hardware's maximum value for an integer
quantity.
Operands
name The domain name that is to be looked up. It can also be an
IPv4 or IPv6 address, in which case will, by default, perform
a reverse lookup for that address.
server The name or IP address of the name server that should query.
The default is the server or servers listed in
EXAMPLES
Using a host name:
Using an IP address:
AUTHOR
was developed by the Internet Systems Consortium (ISC).
FILESSEE ALSOdig(1), nslookup(1), named(1M), named.conf(4), resolver(4).
Requests for Comments (RFC): 1886, available online at
available online at
available from the Internet Systems Consortium at
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