Dig
Dig is a powerful tool, as you have already learned in Chapters 1, "DNS Concepts," and 2, "DNS in Practice." The following is the most general command-line syntax for Dig:
dig [@server] domain [<query-type>] [<query-class>] [+<query-option>] [-<dig-option>] [%comment]
Behind this inoffensive command line, Dig hides more options than you can shake a stick at.
Dig requires that you think about what kind of record you want retrieved and that you stop to think about the correct name to look up. A tool such as host will gladly look up 192.168.55.3 for you, understanding that you want the PTR record of 3.55.168.192.in-addr.arpa. Dig will not, and its default record type is A. In addition, dig -h will print usage information. Dig is documented ...
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