Linux / Unix: Dig Command Find Out TTL (Time to Live) Value For DNS Records

The dig command can be used to find out the Time to Live (TTL) value for DNS records. The TTL value is the amount of time in seconds that a DNS record will be cached on a local DNS resolver before it needs to be refreshed.

Here’s how you can use the dig command to find the TTL value for a specific domain name:

dig <domain name> +nocmd +noall +answer

Replace <domain name> with the domain name that you want to look up.

For example, to find the TTL value for the domain www.example.com, you would run the following command:

dig www.example.com +nocmd +noall +answer

The output of the command will show the TTL value in the “TTL” field for each DNS record associated with the domain name.

Note: The +nocmd option is used to prevent the dig command from showing the full command line and version information, while the +noall option is used to show only the relevant information, and the +answer option is used to show the DNS answers.

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