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ofdns(1) General Commands Manual ofdns(1)

NAME

ofdns - perform DNS lookups

SYNOPSIS

ofdns [options] domain1 [domain2 ...]

DESCRIPTION

ofdns is a program to perform DNS lookups.

OPTIONS

The DNS class to query (defaults to IN).
Show the help.
The server to query.
The record type to query (defaults to AAAA and A, can be repeated).
Force using TCP for the query.

EXAMPLES

Query the A and AAAA record for example.com:

ofdns example.com

Query the CNAME record for www.example.com:

ofdns -t CNAME example.com

Query 2001:db8::1 for the AAAA record for example.com:

ofdns -s 2001:db8::1 -t AAAA example.com