host

Look up DNS records for NAME, either domain name or IPv4/IPv6 address to reverse lookup, from SERVER or default DNS server(s). toybox

On Linux

Linux

from the toybox, 0BSD

host [-v] [-t TYPE] NAME [SERVER]

-aAll records

-t TYPERecord TYPE (number or ANY A AAAA CNAME MX NS PTR SOA SRV TXT)

-vVerbose

Look up Domain Name Server.

Look up A, AAAA, and MX records of a domain

host domainIdentify

Look up a field (CNAME, TXT, ...) of a domain

host -t field domainIdentify

-tRecord TYPE (number or ANY A AAAA CNAME MX NS PTR SOA SRV TXT) toybox

Reverse look up an IP

host ip_addressIdentify

Specify an alternate DNS server to query

host domain 8.8.8.8Identify