DOTHOST(1)

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version 0.2.1 · 2 versions
, in debian trixie, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

✨ NAME ✨

okay so dothost is a DNS lookup utility bestie, but make it fashion 💅 — it does the whole DNS lookup thing and then gives you the output in Graphviz format. yes literally. it's giving network diagnostics but couture. 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

dothost ADDRESS [ADDRESS...]

like. you hand it one address, or a whole lil squad of addresses, and it goes to work. no cap. 💖

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so dothost is a DNS lookup utility — it looks stuff up for you, iconic behaviour — and the way it flexes is that it produces output in Graphviz format. so instead of boring you with plain text, it hands you a whole diagram situation that you can pipe straight into your graph tooling. main character energy fr fr. ✨

👑 OPTIONS 👑

  • -h, --help — shows you the help message and then dips (exits). 🫶
  • --version — spills the version information and then exits. 💜

💖 EXAMPLE 💖

here's the vibe, look at this:

$ dothost www.iana.org | graph-easy

      +-------------------------+
      v                         |
    #####################     +------------+
 +> #   www.iana.org    # --> | 192.0.32.8 |
 |  #####################     +------------+
 |    |
 |    |
 |    v
 |  +-------------------+
 +- | 2620:0:2d0:200::8 |
    +-------------------+

see how it's literally drawing you a map?? the domain, an arrow to its IPv4, an arrow to its IPv6, and a lil loop back up. obsessed. 🥹🌸

lowkey important: that output above is exactly what dothost prints when you pipe it into graph-easy — the diagramming is the Graphviz output doing its thing. ✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go read those too bestie, they're all part of the lore. 📚💅

dothost 0.2.1 🎀 dropped on 2024-01-31 — that's the version and the date, mwah, bye bestie, go do a DNS lookup, slay 💖✨🦋

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