[dig, whois] Domain records
Registration details
whois domain.com
will return domain registration details for domain.com, including when it was registered, who registered it, when it was created and who is the contact.
dig
is another useful command. You can use the dig +short
to only list values.
Name Servers
whois aamnah.com | grep -i --color "Name Server:"
OR
dig NS aamnah.com
NS, TXT, MX, SOA, SPF records
You can either pass the record as an argument
dig MX aamnah.com
or use grep
to find it in the output of dig
dig aamnah.com | grep --color "MX"
Get technical contact for a domain
whois espn.com | grep -i --color "Tech Name:\|Tech Phone:\|Tech Email:"
Creation and Expiry dates
whois espn.com | grep -i --color "Creation date:\|Expiration date:"