awl

awl is a command-line DNS client, much like drill, dig, dog, doggo, or q.

awl is designed to be a drop-in replacement for the venerable dig, but support newer RFC query types, such as DNS-over-HTTPS and DNS-over-QUIC.

Usage

• Feature wiki
• Manpage

Building and installing

From releases

Grab a prebuilt binary from the release section.

Package Managers

• AUR: awl-dns-git

• Debian/Ubuntu:

  # Add PGP key
  curl -sL https://packages.freecumextremist.finance/key.asc | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/awl.asc >/dev/null
  # Add repo
  echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/awl.asc] https://packages.freecumextremist.finance/awl/apt awl main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/awl.list >/dev/null
  sudo apt update
  sudo apt install awl
  

• Homebrew:

  brew install SamTherapy/tap/awl
  

• Scoop:

  scoop bucket add froth https://git.froth.zone/sam/scoop.git
  scoop install awl
  

From source

Dependencies:

• Go >= 1.18
• GNU/BSD make or Plan 9 mk (if using the makefile/mkfile)
• scdoc (optional, for man page)

Using go install:

go install dns.froth.zone/awl@latest

Using the makefile:

make && sudo make install

Contributing

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Found a bug or want a new feature? Create an issue here.

Licence

Revised BSD, See LICENCE