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drill: Lookup the IP(s) associated with a hostname (A records).

drill

$ drill ${example-com}

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The command "drill ${example-com}" is using the "drill" command-line tool to perform a DNS (Domain Name System) lookup for the domain ${example-com}.

The "drill" command is commonly found on Linux and Unix-like systems and is used to query DNS information. It provides more advanced features compared to the traditional "nslookup" command.

In the given command, the domain "${example-com}" is enclosed in curly braces and the preceding dollar sign suggests that it is a placeholder or a variable. The actual value for "${example-com}" needs to be provided before executing the command.

For example, if you replace "${example-com}" with "google.com", the command will look like: "drill google.com". This will send a DNS query to resolve the IP address associated with the domain "google.com" and provide various DNS-related information like authoritative name servers, resource records, etc., in the command output.

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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