Command-line tool

c-ares

brew/c-ares

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Asynchronous DNS library

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install c-ares

Linux

brew install c-ares

Display A (default) record from DNS for hostname(s)

adig example.com

Display extra [d]ebugging output

adig -d example.com

Connect to a specific DNS [s]erver

adig -s 1.2.3.4 example.com

Browse

• Domains and DNS

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