Linux host Command
In this tutorial we learn how to use host commmand in Linux. host command is a simple utility for performing DNS lookups. It is normally used to convert names to IP addresses and vice versa. When no arguments or options are given, host prints a short summary of its command line arguments and options.
In this tutorial we learn how to use host command in Linux.host command is a simple utility for performing DNS lookups. It is normally used to convert names to IP addresses and vice versa. When no arguments or options are given, host prints a short summary of its command line arguments and options.
host [OPTION]... [FILE]...
We can use man
and info
command to see the manual page of host command.
cat command also have --help
option to show list of options.
To open man page for host command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q
.
man cat
To open info page for host command we can use command below.
info cat
To open help page from host command we can run command below.
cat --help
You can find host command source code from the folowing repositories:
You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:
In this tutorial we learn how to use host in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.