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- $Id: nslookup.help,v 8.1 1994/12/15 06:24:31 vixie Exp $
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- Commands: (identifiers are shown in uppercase, [] means optional)
- NAME - print info about the host/domain NAME using default server
- NAME1 NAME2 - as above, but use NAME2 as server
- help or ? - print info on common commands; see nslookup(1) for details
- set OPTION - set an option
- all - print options, current server and host
- [no]debug - print debugging information
- [no]d2 - print exhaustive debugging information
- [no]defname - append domain name to each query
- [no]recurse - ask for recursive answer to query
- [no]vc - always use a virtual circuit
- domain=NAME - set default domain name to NAME
- srchlist=N1[/N2/.../N6] - set domain to N1 and search list to N1,N2, etc.
- root=NAME - set root server to NAME
- retry=X - set number of retries to X
- timeout=X - set initial time-out interval to X seconds
- querytype=X - set query type, e.g., A,ANY,CNAME,HINFO,MX,PX,NS,PTR,SOA,TXT,WKS
- type=X - synonym for querytype
- class=X - set query class to one of IN (Internet), CHAOS, HESIOD or ANY
- server NAME - set default server to NAME, using current default server
- lserver NAME - set default server to NAME, using initial server
- finger [USER] - finger the optional NAME at the current default host
- root - set current default server to the root
- ls [opt] DOMAIN [> FILE] - list addresses in DOMAIN (optional: output to FILE)
- -a - list canonical names and aliases
- -h - list HINFO (CPU type and operating system)
- -s - list well-known services
- -d - list all records
- -t TYPE - list records of the given type (e.g., A,CNAME,MX, etc.)
- view FILE - sort an 'ls' output file and view it with more
- exit - exit the program, ^D also exits
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