list-txt-dns-records-for-a-domain.md

List TXT DNS Records For A Domain

The dig command can be used to list specifically the TXT DNS records for a domain using the -t TXT flag like so:

$ dig -t TXT visualmode.dev

; <<>> DiG 9.10.6 <<>> -t TXT visualmode.dev
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 41226
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;visualmode.dev.                        IN      TXT

;; ANSWER SECTION:
visualmode.dev.         377     IN      TXT     "v=spf1 include:_spf.mx.cloudflare.net ~all"
visualmode.dev.         377     IN      TXT     "google-site-verification=MBZ2S2fhnh2gHRxFniRrYW-O6mdyimJDRFj-f
vblwtk"

;; Query time: 103 msec
;; SERVER: fe80::7c4b:26ff:fe85:e164%6#53(fe80::7c4b:26ff:fe85:e164%6)
;; WHEN: Tue Dec 03 12:49:38 CST 2024
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 179

This is still rather verbose though. With the +short option we can pare down the output to the values of any TXT records and nothing else.

$ dig -t TXT visualmode.dev +short
"v=spf1 include:_spf.mx.cloudflare.net ~all"
"google-site-verification=MBZ2S2fhnh2gHRxFniRrYW-O6mdyimJDRFj-fvblwtk"

Neat! Now I can see that my domain is correctly identifying itself with Google Search Console.

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