NSLOOKUP (1)

NSLOOKUP

type=qtype query=qtype

Specify the type of information requested from the name server. The NS and SOA records apply to a domain, the PTR records apply to a reverse Internet address, the remaining records apply to a host.

AInternet address (the default) of the host

CNAME canonical (official) name for an alias

HINFO host CPU and operating system type

MB mail destination

MG mail group member

MINFO mailbox or mail list information

MR mail rename domain name

MX mail exchanger

NS primary name server for the domain

PTR host having the Internet address

SOA Start of Authority information for a domain

WKS well known services provided by the host

[no]recurse

Tell the name server to query other servers if it does not have the information. The default is recurse.

retry=x

Set the number of retries to x; the default is 2. This regulates the number of times a request is resent if a reply is not received within a certain amount of time (changed with set timeout).

root=host

Change the name of the root server to host; the default is nic.ddn.mil. This affects the root command.

timeout=x

Change the time-out interval for waiting for a reply to x seconds; the default is 10 seconds.

[no]vc Always use a virtual circuit when sending requests to the server. The default is novc.

view file

Sort an ls output file and view it with more.

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