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.TH "HOSTIP" "8" "March 2017" "" ""
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.SH "NAME"
\fBhostip\fR \- Resolve a host name to an IP address
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
\fBhostip\fR [\fIoptions\fR] host_name
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
\fBhostip\fR sends a DNS query to a resolver, and prints the IP addresses for the given host name\.
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.P
It can be useful in order to retrieve IP addresses before dnscrypt\-proxy(8) is started\.
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.SH "OPTIONS"
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.IP "\(bu" 4
\fB\-6\fR, \fB\-\-ipv6\fR: ask for AAAA records\.
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.IP "\(bu" 4
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR: show usage\.
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.IP "\(bu" 4
\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-resolver\-address=<ip>[:port]\fR: the resolver IP address (default: 8\.8\.8\.8, Google DNS)\.
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.IP "\(bu" 4
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR: show version number\.
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.IP "" 0
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.SH "SIMPLE USAGE EXAMPLE"
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.nf

$ hostip www\.example\.com
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.fi
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.SH "ADVANCED USAGE EXAMPLE"
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.nf

$ hostip \-6 \-r 4\.2\.2\.2 www\.google\.com
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.fi
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.SH "EXIT STATUS"
The \fBhostip\fR utility exits 0 on success, and > 0 if an error occurs\.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
dnscrypt\-proxy(8)