nslookup

Query DNS nameservers.

$ nslookup

Domain nameQuery type

A (IPv4)

AAAA (IPv6)

MX (Mail)

CNAME (Alias)

NS (Nameserver)

TXT (Text)

SOA (Authority)

ANY

DNS server

Examples

# Lookup A record
nslookup example.com

# Lookup MX record
nslookup -type=mx example.com

# Use specific DNS server
nslookup example.com 8.8.8.8

# Debug mode
nslookup -debug example.com