khost [options] name [server]
This utility sends a DNS query for the name to the server and prints a reply in more user-readable form. For more advanced DNS queries use kdig instead.
If no arguments are provided, khost prints short help.
Missing features with regard to ISC dig:
Options -C, -i, -l, -m and -N.
Differences with regard to ISC host:
Option -d is not equivalent to -v, but enables debug messages.
The number of retries can be set to zero.
Verbose mode has slightly different format (same as kdig).
Get A, AAAA and MX records for example.com:
$ khost example.com
Get reverse record for address 192.0.2.1:
$ khost 192.0.2.1
Perform verbose zone transfer for zone example.com:
$ khost -t AXFR -v example.com
/etc/resolv.conf
kdig(1), knsupdate(1).