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0 pointsselcuka3y ago0 comments

Yes, it's horrible. It helps if you know the actual syntax used in zone files, and yes, it's the lack of an answer section.

Alternatively use the short format as suggested by another comment:

    $ dig a www.readlang.com +short
    readlang.com.
    139.144.234.197

Although now it's a bit too short and you can't see the record types (CNAME, A). Sigh.

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chx3y ago

When I dig my personal domain name, I get 19 lines of output of which 1 comes from the zone file and contains the actual answer. The rest is mystery meat.

I mean, sure I can decipher that "rcvd" stands for "received" but if I have my timeline correct there never was a time when such character count mattered and dig existed.

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