Mac Os X Terminal: How to view a domain's zone file?

→ dig -t ANY stackoverflow.com 

; <<>> DiG 9.6.0-APPLE-P2 <<>> -t ANY stackoverflow.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 20242
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 5, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;stackoverflow.com.     IN  ANY

;; ANSWER SECTION:
stackoverflow.com.  1202    IN  A   64.34.119.12
stackoverflow.com.  65902   IN  NS  ns3.p19.dynect.net.
stackoverflow.com.  65902   IN  NS  ns1.p19.dynect.net.
stackoverflow.com.  65902   IN  NS  ns4.p19.dynect.net.
stackoverflow.com.  65902   IN  NS  ns2.p19.dynect.net.

;; Query time: 38 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.1.254#53(192.168.1.254)
;; WHEN: Tue Nov 23 19:55:51 2010
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 137

Does that work for you?


TL;DR

https://superuser.com/questions/24389/is-there-a-way-to-get-the-complete-zone-file-for-a-domain-without-contacting-its


In good traditions of opensource and freedom of choice, here's anther option: host -t NS stackoverflow.com which would output following:

stackoverflow.com name server ns-cloud-e1.googledomains.com.
stackoverflow.com name server ns-358.awsdns-44.com.
stackoverflow.com name server ns-1033.awsdns-01.org.
stackoverflow.com name server ns-cloud-e2.googledomains.com.

because you've specified the type. Or use flag -a instead to see all records. Alternatively you may use nslookup -type=any stackoverflow.com. But unfortunately none of these options would give you the zone file. BUT if you'd search on another stackexchange forum you would find the answer here: https://superuser.com/questions/24389/is-there-a-way-to-get-the-complete-zone-file-for-a-domain-without-contacting-its

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