Forrest logo
back to the drill tool

drill:tldr:36a8e

drill: Perform a reverse DNS lookup on an IP address (PTR record).
$ drill -x ${8-8-8-8}
try on your machine

The command drill is a DNS (Domain Name System) tool used for querying DNS servers and resolving domain names to IP addresses. It is commonly used for troubleshooting and debugging network connectivity.

In the specific command drill -x ${8-8-8-8}, the -x flag stands for reverse DNS lookup, which means it will perform a lookup on an IP address to find its corresponding domain name.

${8-8-8-8} is a placeholder for an IP address. In this case, it represents the IP address "8.8.8.8", which is a well-known DNS server provided by Google. By using this IP address, the command is attempting to find the corresponding domain name associated with it.

Overall, this command will query the DNS server to retrieve the domain name associated with the IP address "8.8.8.8".

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.
back to the drill tool