man hostip (8): Resolve a host name to an IP address

SYNOPSIS

hostip [options] host_name

hostip sends a DNS query to a resolver, and prints the IP addresses for the given host name.

It can be useful in order to retrieve IP addresses before dnscrypt-proxy(8) is started.

•: -6, --ipv6: ask for AAAA records.
•: -h, --help: show usage.
•: -r, --resolver-address=<ip>[:port]: the resolver IP address (default: 8.8.8.8, Google DNS).
•: -V, --version: show version number.

$ hostip www.example.com

$ hostip -6 -r 4.2.2.2 www.google.com

The hostip utility exits 0 on success, and > 0 if an error occurs.