ADIG(1)

💅 ADIG(1) — DNS info, but make it cute 💅

okay so you're in ADIG(1), and the manual name is General Commands Manual — very official, very demure. this page is all about adig, and it's here to print information collected from Domain Name System (DNS) servers. no cap. 🦋

🌸 NAME 🌸

adig — print information collected from Domain Name System (DNS) servers. periodt. 💖

🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

adig [@server] [-c class] [-p port#] [-q name] [-t type] [-x addr]
       [name] [type] [class] [queryopt...]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Send queries to DNS servers about name and print the received information, where name is a valid DNS name (e.g. www.example.com, 1.2.3.10.in-addr.arpa). 🎀

This utility comes with the c-ares asynchronous resolver library. 🦋

It is possible to specify default arguments for adig via ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/adigrc. yes bestie, your fave little config file. 💅

🎀 ARGS 🎀

• @server — Server ip address. May specify multiple in comma delimited format. May be specified in URI format. 👑
• name — Name of the resource record that is to be looked up.
• type — What type of query is required. e.g. A, AAAA, MX, TXT, etc. If not specified, A will be used. 💖
• class — Sets the query class, defaults to IN. May also be HS or CH.

💅 FLAGS 💅

• -c class — Sets the query class, defaults to IN. May also be HS or CH.
• -h — Prints the help. tiny helper moment. 🫶
• -p port — Sends query to a port other than 53. Often recommended to set the port using @server instead.
• -q name — Specifies the domain name to query. Useful to distinguish name from other arguments.
• -r — Skip adigrc processing. ✨
• -s — Server (alias for @server syntax), compatibility with old cmdline.
• -t type — Indicates resource record type to query. Useful to distinguish type from other arguments.
• -x addr — Simplified reverse lookups. Sets the type to PTR and forms a valid in-arpa query string. 🔥

🌸 QUERY OPTIONS 🌸

• +[no]aaonly — Sets the aa flag in the query. Default is off.
• +[no]aaflag — Alias for +[no]aaonly.
• +[no]additional — Toggles printing the additional section. On by default.
• +[no]adflag — Sets the ad (authentic data) bit in the query. Default is off.
• +[no]aliases — Whether or not to honor the HOSTALIASES file. Default is on.
• +[no]all — Toggles all of +[no]cmd, +[no]stats, +[no]question, +[no]answer, +[no]authority, +[no]additional, +[no]comments.
• +[no]answer — Toggles printing the answer. On by default.
• +[no]authority — Toggles printing the authority. On by default.
• +bufsize=# — UDP EDNS 0 packet size allowed. Defaults to 1232.
• +[no]cdflag — Sets the CD (checking disabled) bit in the query. Default is off.
• +[no]class — Display the class when printing the record. On by default.
• +[no]cmd — Toggles printing the command requested. On by default.
• +[no]comments — Toggles printing the comments. On by default.
• +[no]defname — Alias for +[no]search.
• +domain=somename — Sets the search list to a single domain.
• +[no]dns0x20 — Whether or not to use DNS 0x20 case randomization when sending queries. Default is off.
• +[no]edns[=#] — Enable or disable EDNS. Only allows a value of 0 if specified. Default is to enable EDNS.
• +[no]ignore — Ignore truncation on UDP, by default retried on TCP.
• +[no]keepopen — Whether or not the server connection should be persistent. Default is off.
• +ndots=# — Sets the number of dots that must appear before being considered absolute. Defaults to 1.
• +[no]primary — Whether or not to only use a single server if more than one server is available. Defaults to using all servers.
• +[no]qr — Toggles printing the request query. Off by default.
• +[no]question — Toggles printing the question. On by default.
• +[no]recurse — Toggles the RD (Recursion Desired) bit. On by default.
• +retry=# — Same as +tries but does not include the initial attempt.
• +[no]search — To use or not use the search list. Search list is not used by default.
• +[no]stats — Toggles printing the statistics. On by default.
• +[no]tcp — Whether to use TCP when querying name servers. Default is UDP.
• +tries=# — Number of query tries. Defaults to 3.
• +[no]ttlid — Display the TTL when printing the record. On by default.
• +[no]vc — Alias for +[no]tcp.

🎀 FILES 🎀

• ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/adigrc

🦋 REPORTING BUGS 🦋

Report bugs to the c-ares github issues tracker: https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/issues 💜

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Also go peek at ahost(1). 💖

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