One of the things that’s always bugged me about the dig command is the standard verbosity when used with its default invocation. This has kept me using the host command for a while for generic lookups, but today I figured I should emerge myself into the greatness that is the dig command. After a brief google for something actually unrelated, I came across this great DiG HOWTO that answered all my questions and addressed all my misgivings. Now I can go forth and query the Internet as it should be.