If you want to ...

You would use this OS command ...

You would use this DNS request type ...

You would use this argument string ...

Lookup the IP address for

nslookup

A

Lookup the name servers for your domain abc.com

nslookup -type=NS abc.com

NS

abc.com

Find the hostname referenced by an alias

nslookup -type=CNAME mail.abc.com

CNAME

mail.abc.com

Find the hostname for the IP address 192.249.249.1

nslookup 192.249.249.1

PTR

192.249.249.1

Find the mail servers for a host support.abc.com or domain abc.com

nslookup -type=MX support.abc.com or nslookup -type=MX abc.com

MX

support.abc.com or abc.com

Look up Start of Authority information for domain abc.com

nslookup -type=SOA abc.com

SOA

abc.com

Look up all DNS Records for a domain abc.com

nslookup -type=ANY abc.com

ANY

abc.com