dq(1)

dq1

Dns/dnscurve query tool

Usage

dq [options] type fqdn [host]

Overview

dq is commandline tool derived from dnsq / dnsqr (https://cr.yp.to/djbdns/debugging.html)

dq asks for records of type type under the domain name fqdn

dq -a

sends a non-recursive DNS/DNSCurve query to DNS/DNSCurve server host for records of type type under the domain name fqdn

Options

-v

print extra information

-r

send recursive query (default)

-a

send authoritative query

-u

use UDP (default)

-t

use TCP

-s

send DNSCurve query in streamlined format (default), ignored for regular DNS queries

-S suffix

send DNSCurve query in TXT format using suffix suffix, ignored for regular DNS queries

-T timeout

give up on the DNS/DNSCurve query attempt after timeout seconds <1-60> (default 60)

-p port

send query to port port (default 53)

-k key

send DNSCurve query and use servers public-key key

type

DNS query type (A, NS, MX, ANY, PTR, TXT, SOA, SRV, AAAA, AXFR, CNAME or numeric type)

fqdn

fully qualified domain name

host

DNS server (hostname or IP address)

Environment

DNSCACHEIP

use IP address $DNSCACHEIP instead of 'nameserver' lines from /etc/resolv.conf

LOCALDOMAIN

use space separated names from $LOCALDOMAIN instead of 'search' line from /etc/resolv.conf

DNSREWRITEFILE

use $DNSREWRITEFILE file instead of /etc/dnsrewrite

Notes

dq rewrites IP address to *.in-addr.arpa or *.ip6.arpa for PTR queries e.g.:

127.0.0.1 -> 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa
::1 -> 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.arpa

Recursive examples

dq any dnscurve.cz
dq any dnscurve.cz 8.8.8.8
env DNSCACHEIP=8.8.8.8 dq any dnscurve.cz
dq ptr 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa
dq ptr 127.0.0.1
dq ptr ::1
dq ptr 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.arpa

Authoritative examples

dq -a any dnscurve.cz uz5mj60yr9tnudkkpcglw1y0w6dlh78j1l4gk4z7t8bsf1u4d48wlq.ns.dnscurve.cz
dq -a -S cz any dnscurve.cz uz5mj60yr9tnudkkpcglw1y0w6dlh78j1l4gk4z7t8bsf1u4d48wlq.ns.dnscurve.cz
dq -a -k uz5mj60yr9tnudkkpcglw1y0w6dlh78j1l4gk4z7t8bsf1u4d48wlq any dnscurve.cz 2a02:2b88:2:1::127d:1

Releases

5 releases since Debian 9 (Stretch); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 9–11
  2. 12–13

From dq 20250201-2 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.