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(Bash) Dig, without the cruft - cczona

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:03:42 GMT

If you pass the +short option to dig, it will give you a really short and sweet answer - just the IP address. $ dig fosswire.com +short 208.113.149.33

(Bash) What records does this nameserver have for a given domain? - cczona

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:27:22 GMT

Use 'host NAME SERVER' where: * 'NAME' is some base domain name you want to know more about * 'SERVER' is the IP address of a nameserver to be queried (typically you'll want to use one of the nameserver for the name you're inquiring about)

(Bash) How to Flush Your DNS Cache on Apple Mac OS X - jonhenshaw

Wed, 02 May 2007 15:18:42 GMT

Run this command in the Terminal on Mac OS X to flush the DNS cache on your computer. This is especially helpful when making changes to the host file.

(Bash) Dynamic IP update (to DNS service like zoneedit or dyndns) inside a local LAN or behind a router - yuconner

Thu, 17 Aug 2006 20:53:13 GMT

Useful if you are behind a router, or in a LAN, and you didn't make (or can't have) a direct ppp connection to the ISP. Change "myweb.com" to the correct hostname For example to update zoneedit zone: #update_dns_ip.sh wget -O - --http-user= --http-passwd= 'http://dynamic.zoneedit.com/auth/dynamic.html?host=' (complete user, pass and host)