awl is a simple DNS query client, much like dig and drill.
❯ awl NS froth.zone @https://dns.froth.zone/dns-query
;; opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 46274
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 4, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 8
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;froth.zone. IN NS
;; ANSWER SECTION:
froth.zone. 1650 IN NS illya.froth.zone.
froth.zone. 1650 IN NS rin.froth.zone.
froth.zone. 1650 IN NS sakura.froth.zone.
froth.zone. 1650 IN NS saber.froth.zone.
;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
rin.froth.zone. 1650 IN AAAA 2607:5300:201:3100::931b
sakura.froth.zone. 1650 IN AAAA 2001:41d0:304:200::d12b
saber.froth.zone. 1650 IN AAAA 2602:fe90:100:2::164d:4c70
illya.froth.zone. 1650 IN AAAA 2603:c020:4004:62ee::8888
rin.froth.zone. 1650 IN A 158.69.1.114
sakura.froth.zone. 1650 IN A 141.94.206.97
saber.froth.zone. 1650 IN A 45.13.232.162
illya.froth.zone. 1650 IN A 129.213.157.255
;; Query time: 404.9936ms
;; SERVER: https://dns.froth.zone/dns-query
;; WHEN: Never
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 489
awl understands DNSSEC, like drill(1):
❯ awl brokendnssec.net @1.1.1.1 --tcp
;; opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 45766
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;brokendnssec.net. IN A
;; Query time: 6.0461ms
;; SERVER: 1.1.1.1:53 (TCP)
;; WHEN: Never
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 34
❯ awl brokendnssec.net @1.1.1.1 --cd +tcp
;; opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 37917
;; flags: qr rd ra cd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;brokendnssec.net. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
brokendnssec.net. 294 IN A 172.67.36.129
brokendnssec.net. 294 IN A 104.22.35.212
brokendnssec.net. 294 IN A 104.22.34.212
;; Query time: 8.4461ms
;; SERVER: 1.1.1.1:53 (TCP)
;; WHEN: Never
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 130
It supports many of the flags that dig(1) does:
❯ awl +noquestion +noauthority +nostats cat-v.org
;; opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 39675
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 0, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; ANSWER SECTION:
cat-v.org. 9418 IN A 168.235.69.224
And some new features, too!
❯ awl +quic --xml codeberg.org
<Msg>
<Id>22108</Id>
<Response>true</Response>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Authoritative>false</Authoritative>
<Truncated>false</Truncated>
<RecursionDesired>true</RecursionDesired>
<RecursionAvailable>true</RecursionAvailable>
<Zero>false</Zero>
<AuthenticatedData>false</AuthenticatedData>
<CheckingDisabled>false</CheckingDisabled>
<Rcode>0</Rcode>
<Compress>false</Compress>
<Question>
<Name>codeberg.org.</Name>
<Qtype>1</Qtype>
<Qclass>1</Qclass>
</Question>
<Answer>
<Hdr>
<Name>codeberg.org.</Name>
<Rrtype>1</Rrtype>
<Class>1</Class>
<Ttl>3600</Ttl>
<Rdlength>4</Rdlength>
</Hdr>
<A>193.26.156.135</A>
</Answer>
</Msg>
A full list of the features awl supports can be found here.