ahost:tldr:d78e7

ahost: Display the record with a specified type.

ahost

$ ahost -t ${select} ${example-com}

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The command you mentioned is using the "ahost" command with some arguments. Here is a breakdown of the different parts:

"ahost": It is the name of a command-line utility that is likely used for performing DNS (Domain Name System) lookups. It allows you to query DNS records for a given domain or hostname.
"-t": It is an option/flag that specifies the type of DNS record to look up. The value "${select}" would be replaced with a specific record type like "A" (IPv4 address), "AAAA" (IPv6 address), "CNAME" (canonical name), "MX" (mail exchange), etc. It indicates what type of information you want to retrieve for the specified domain.
"${select}": This is a placeholder variable that would be replaced with the desired DNS record type, mentioned above. For example, if you want to retrieve the IPv4 address for a domain, you would replace "${select}" with "A".
"${example-com}": Similarly, this is another placeholder variable that would be substituted with the actual domain or hostname for which you want to perform the DNS lookup. For instance, if you want to look up the DNS records for example.com, you would replace "${example-com}" with "example.com".

Overall, the command "ahost -t ${select} ${example-com}" is a template where the placeholders are replaced with actual values to perform a specific DNS lookup operation.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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