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Nslookup is better. Fight me.

• brian_cunnie 5y ago
  I have a personal preference for `nslookup`, too. But I don't want to fight about it--different strokes for different folks. My favorite thing about nslookup is it's clear which server it's querying to get its information.
• tptacek 5y ago
  nslookup has the distinction of being perhaps the worst command line / terminal experience the Unix environment has to offer.
  • indigodaddy 5y ago
    So many old school SAs still use it though (it always astounds me).. even the old school Unix guys seem to.. I guess it’s been around the longest?
• krylon 5y ago
  Booo! throws crumbled paper (SCNR)
• LinuxBender 5y ago
  There was a time I would have suggested not using nslookup due to its maintainers saying it would be deprecated. They have since rolled back that decision. [1] [1] - https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/93808/dig-vs-nslookup https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/93808/dig-vs-nslook...