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What does nslookup do?

query DNS name servers for a domain's records interactively or in one shot.

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nslookup examples, explained

$ nslookup example.com

  • nslookupquery DNS name servers for a domain's records interactively or in one shot
  • example.coman argument passed to the command

$ nslookup -type=MX example.com

  • nslookupquery DNS name servers for a domain's records interactively or in one shot
  • -type=MXquery this record type (e.g. -type=MX, -type=NS)
  • example.coman argument passed to the command

nslookup flags & options

-typequery this record type (e.g. -type=MX, -type=NS)
-queryquery this record type (alias of -type)
-debugshow the full debugging detail of each response
-portquery the server on this port instead of 53

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