dog

dog Plugin

A command-line DNS client. Query DNS servers with a colorful, human-readable output and support for all major record types.

Commands

DNS Queries

• dog dns query — Query DNS records

Utility

• dog _ _ — Passthrough to dog CLI

Usage Examples

• "Query DNS records"
• "DNS lookup for domain"
• "Check MX records"
• "Diagnose DNS"

Installation

brew install dog

Or via Cargo:

cargo install dog

Examples

# Query A records
dog dns query example.com

# Query MX records
dog dns query example.com --type MX

# Query with custom DNS server
dog dns query example.com --nameserver 1.1.1.1

# Query all record types
dog dns query example.com --type ALL

# Output as JSON
dog dns query example.com --json

# Any dog command with passthrough
dog _ _ example.com
dog _ _ example.com --type AAAA
dog _ _ example.com --type TXT --json

Key Features

• Colorful - Human-readable output
• Records - All major types
• A/AAAA - IPv4/IPv6 lookups
• MX - Mail records
• TXT - Text records
• NS - Name servers
• CNAME - Aliases
• DoT - DNS-over-TLS
• DoH - DNS-over-HTTPS
• JSON - JSON output

Notes

• Supports DNS-over-TLS
• Supports DNS-over-HTTPS
• Great for DNS debugging
• Colorful terminal output