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+``khost`` – Simple DNS lookup utility
+=====================================
+
+Synopsis
+--------
+
+:program:`khost` [*options*] *name* [*server*]
+
+Description
+-----------
+
+This utility sends a DNS query for the *name* to the *server* and prints a reply
+in more user-readable form. For more advanced DNS queries use :doc:`kdig<man_kdig>`
+instead.
+
+Parameters
+..........
+
+*name*
+  Is a domain name that is to be looked up. If the *name* is IPv4 or IPv6
+  address the PTR query type is used.
+
+*server*
+  Is a name or an address of the nameserver to send a query to.  The address
+  can be specified using [address]:port notation. If no server is specified,
+  the servers from :file:`/etc/resolv.conf` are used.
+
+If no arguments are provided, :program:`khost` prints a short help.
+
+Options
+.......
+
+**-4**
+  Use the IPv4 protocol only.
+
+**-6**
+  Use the IPv6 protocol only.
+
+**-a**
+  Send ANY query with verbose mode.
+
+**-d**
+  Enable debug messages.
+
+**-h**, **--help**
+  Print the program help.
+
+**-r**
+  Disable recursion.
+
+**-T**
+  Use the TCP protocol.
+
+**-v**
+  Enable verbose output.
+
+**-V**, **--version**
+  Print the program version.
+
+**-w**
+  Wait forever for the reply.
+
+**-c** *class*
+  Set the query class (e.g. CH, CLASS4). The default class is IN.
+
+**-t** *type*
+  Set the query type (e.g. NS, IXFR=12345, TYPE65535). The default is to send 3
+  queries (A, AAAA and MX).
+
+**-R** *retries*
+  The number (>=0) of UDP retries to query a nameserver. The default is 1.
+
+**-W** *wait*
+  The time to wait for a reply in seconds. This timeout applies to each query
+  try. The default is 2 seconds.
+
+Exit values
+-----------
+
+Exit status of 0 means successful operation. Any other exit status indicates
+an error.
+
+Examples
+--------
+
+1. Get the A, AAAA and MX records for example.com::
+
+     $ khost example.com
+
+2. Get the reverse record for address 192.0.2.1::
+
+     $ khost 192.0.2.1
+
+3. Perform a verbose zone transfer for zone example.com::
+
+     $ khost -t AXFR -v example.com
+
+Files
+-----
+
+:file:`/etc/resolv.conf`
+
+See Also
+--------
+
+:manpage:`kdig(1)`, :manpage:`knsupdate(1)`.