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.TH "KHOST" "1" "2025-04-10" "3.4.6" "Knot DNS"
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.SH NAME
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khost \- Simple DNS lookup utility
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.sp
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\fBkhost\fP [\fIoptions\fP] \fIname\fP [\fIserver\fP]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.sp
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This utility sends a DNS query for the \fIname\fP to the \fIserver\fP and prints a reply
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in more user\-readable form. For more advanced DNS queries use \fI\%kdig\fP
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instead.
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.SS Parameters
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.INDENT 0.0
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.TP
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.B \fIname\fP
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Is a domain name that is to be looked up. If the \fIname\fP is IPv4 or IPv6
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address the PTR query type is used.
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.TP
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.B \fIserver\fP
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Is a name or an address of the nameserver to send a query to. The address
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can be specified using [address]:port notation. If no server is specified,
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the servers from \fB/etc/resolv.conf\fP are used.
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If no arguments are provided, \fBkhost\fP prints a short help.
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.SS Options
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.INDENT 0.0
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.TP
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\fB\-4\fP
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Use the IPv4 protocol only.
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.TP
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\fB\-6\fP
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Use the IPv6 protocol only.
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.TP
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\fB\-a\fP
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Send ANY query with verbose mode.
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.TP
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\fB\-d\fP
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Enable debug messages.
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.TP
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\fB\-h\fP, \fB\-\-help\fP
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Print the program help.
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.TP
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\fB\-r\fP
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Disable recursion.
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.TP
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\fB\-T\fP
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Use the TCP protocol.
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.TP
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\fB\-v\fP
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Enable verbose output.
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.TP
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\fB\-V\fP, \fB\-\-version\fP
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Print the program version. The option \fB\-VV\fP makes the program
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print the compile time configuration summary.
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.TP
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\fB\-w\fP
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Wait forever for the reply.
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.TP
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\fB\-c\fP \fIclass\fP
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Set the query class (e.g. CH, CLASS4). The default class is IN.
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.TP
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\fB\-t\fP \fItype\fP
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Set the query type (e.g. NS, IXFR=12345, TYPE65535). The default is to send 3
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queries (A, AAAA and MX).
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.TP
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\fB\-R\fP \fIretries\fP
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The number (>=0) of UDP retries to query a nameserver. The default is 1.
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.TP
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\fB\-W\fP \fIwait\fP
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The time to wait for a reply in seconds. This timeout applies to each query
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try. The default is 2 seconds.
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.SH EXIT VALUES
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.sp
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Exit status of 0 means successful operation. Any other exit status indicates
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an error.
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.SH EXAMPLES
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.INDENT 0.0
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.IP 1. 3
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Get the A, AAAA and MX records for example.com:
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.INDENT 3.0
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.INDENT 3.5
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.sp
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.nf
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.ft C
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$ khost example.com
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.ft P
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.fi
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.IP 2. 3
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Get the reverse record for address 192.0.2.1:
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.INDENT 3.0
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.INDENT 3.5
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.sp
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.nf
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.ft C
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$ khost 192.0.2.1
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.ft P
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.fi
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.IP 3. 3
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Perform a verbose zone transfer for zone example.com:
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.INDENT 3.0
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.INDENT 3.5
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.sp
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.nf
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.ft C
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$ khost \-t AXFR \-v example.com
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.ft P
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.fi
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.SH FILES
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.sp
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\fB/etc/resolv.conf\fP
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.sp
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\fBkdig(1)\fP, \fBknsupdate(1)\fP\&.
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.SH AUTHOR
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CZ.NIC Labs <https://www.knot-dns.cz>
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.SH COPYRIGHT
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Copyright 2010–2025, CZ.NIC, z.s.p.o.
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