dnsi is a utility that can interact with DNS servers. It aims to provide the same functionality (and more!) as dig, but with a more ergonomic command-line interface.
The tool provides a number of commands. Currently, these are:
- dnsi query sends a query to a name server or the system’s default resolver,
- dnsi lookup looks up the IP addresses for domain names or the domain names for IP addresses,
- dnsi help displays the man page for any command.
As another tool built on domain, it shows the benefits of our one-size-fits-all codebase. Novel functionality over dig includes the ability to compare the resolver's response to the authoritative's response for the same query, to check if the resolver is lagging behind.
Please note that dnsi is currently in an early state and will expand over time.