Talk:Dig (command)

message: Anybody know of a DOS/Windows command line equivalent for this *NIX command? CielProfond (talk) 18:07, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: nslookup. JackPotte (talk) 15:46, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  I quickly added this into the article's "see also" section. 85.72.184.224 (talk) 09:19, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  Windows has something *close* to dig, i.e. "Resolve-DnsName" as part of the PowerShell subsystem, as described at this thread at the Stack Overflow forum. One could also apparently install a set of tools, ("choco install bind-toolsonly"), but I do not know much about that. I would imagine that since people have written CMD.EXE Windows DOS Prompt binaries like grep.exe and less.exe and other knock-off 'Linuxy' tools for DOS, that someone by now has probably compiled a "DIG.EXE" for DOS/Windows. Anyone??</I> Peace! --Vid2vid (talk) 17:50, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  DOS equivalent? 

message: not sure if this is strictly relevant for the main article, but...
dig +short txt simpsons.wp.dg.cx
will get you the summary section of the wikipedia article on the simpsons.
you can replace simpsons with anything...
dig +short txt linux.wp.dg.cx
from http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/2829/query-wikipedia-via-console-over-dns
cheers
Mission Fleg (talk) 01:04, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: That's an awesome tips and tricks addition! Thanks so much  Vid2vid (talk) 17:40, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  querying wikipedia with dig 

message: Anyone else catch this? The opening paragraph says, "..dig can operate <B><U>in interactive command line mode</U></B> or in batch mode by reading requests from an operating system file.."</I>
So, today in class, I fired up my Kali Linux VM, issued just a CLI command of, "dig" alone, and hit Enter.
This binary <U>does not go into an interactive mode</U> similar to nslookup or ftp, where the user can then enter several commands in sequence at a (sub) prompt such as "> " - QUESTION: Should the wording be clarified? Peace!
--Vid2vid (talk) 17:40, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Hey @  .. Why did you remove the link to "List of DNS record types" as shown here?? You didn't put a reason for your Edit which is BAD FORM. I find the info you struck out as fitting and useful Wikipedically. Anyone else? Cheers. From Peter aka Vid2vid (talk) 21:03, 17 August 2019 (UTC)
replies: text:  Oh! Nevermind, I see you removed it, added more text around it, then added it back in. Have a great day. From Peter aka Vid2vid (talk) 21:05, 17 August 2019 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks so much @  for this/your Dig edit today, in which you removed the wording "interactive." Dig is not interactive the way nslookup is for example. Kudos for your edit, . Have a great day. From Peter aka Vid2vid (talk) 18:12, 18 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Misleading wording in this article, calls dig <b>"interactive"</b>? 

message: The expansion of the acronym was removed from the dig man page in 2017; the last release to use that phrase in its documentation was BIND 9.11.2. The name of the tool is just "dig" now, nothing more. If a citation is needed, the current man page is here. I'm considering adding a note about the history of the tool's name somewhere in the text, but I'm not sure the information is really all that useful. EACH (talk) 00:19, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Update: someone recommended I go ahead and add a history section, so I did. EACH (talk) 08:32, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed "domain information groper"