DNS lookup utilities - shawfdong/hyades GitHub Wiki

Here are some common nslookup commands and their dig counterparts.

Task nslookup dig
Forward lookup nslookup google.de dig google.de
dig +short google.de
Reverse Lookup nslookup [IP] dig -x [IP]
dig +short -x [IP]
Use a specific DNS server nslookup google.de [DNS] dig @ [DNS] google.de
dig @ [DNS] +short google.de
Check MX records nslookup -query=mx google.de dig google.de MX
dig +short google.de MX
User-defined timeout nslookup -timeout=42 google.de dig google.de +time=42
dig +short +time=42 google.de

The option +short is quite useful if you just want to get one IP address or a host name. By default, dig numerous additional information such as the IP of the DNS server used and the response time of:

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