How to Use the dig Command in Linux | DNS Lookup Tutorial

If you want to fetch DNS records, the dig command is one tool you can use to do just that. In this video, Jay will give you examples of the command in action. This video is part of the "Linux Crash Course" series, which teaches you every important Linux-related command and concept - one video at a time! 🕑TIME CODES 00:00 - Intro 01:06 - Important considerations for the dig command 03:06 - Getting access to the dig command 03:43 - Fetching A Records with the dig command 05:33 - Querying MX Records with the dig command 06:49 - Showing TXT records with the dig command 07:31 - Fetching names servers for a domain with the dig command 08:12 - Get yourself some awesome Linux swag 09:09 - Using a specific name server with the dig command 10:16 - Viewing short output with the dig command 11:10 - Checking TTL values with the dig command 📘 FAQ What is a "Distribution" of Linux? ➜ https://linux.video/what-is-a-distro What is a "Desktop Environment"? ➜ https://linux.video/desktop-environment Which Server Distro should I use? ➜ https://linux.video/which-server-distro How do I create USB install media? ➜ https://linux.video/install-media How do I connect to a server via SSH? ➜ https://linux.video/use-ssh How do I use apt? ➜ https://linux.video/apt How do I use dnf? ➜ https://linux.video/dnf How do I install Arch Linux? ➜ https://linux.video/install-arch How do I configure SSH? https://linux.video/ssh-server How do I install updates? ➜ https://linux.video/updates How do I secure my Linux Server? ➜ https://linux.video/every-server ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎓 Learn Linux TV Your source for Linux-related Fun and Learning! https://www.learnlinux.tv https://community.learnlinux.tv https://learnlinux.link/jay ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🤝 Affiliate Notice Some of the links mentioned in this description are affiliate links. If you purchase through them, it helps keep the content flowing. https://www.learnlinux.tv/content-ethics ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⚠️ Use Content Responsibly Learn Linux TV shares technical content intended to teach and help you, but it comes with no warranty. The channel is not liable for any damages from its use. Always ensure you have proper permissions, follow company policies, and comply with all applicable laws while working with technology. #LinuxTutorial #DevOps #Linux