windowspowershellperforcedig

dig-like functionality on windows?


On a windows system, I'm trying to gather all the IP addresses for a DNS name & call a tool with each IP address. I know how to do it from a shell script - but not how to do it from a batch or powershell file.

I want to port this to windows..

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Get all the IPs for our server instance
# and pass it to "p4 trust" to update the .p4trust file
for address in $(dig perforce.example.com +short)
do
    echo "processing address: $address:1666"
    p4 -p "ssl:$address:1666" trust -y -f || true
done

Questions:

  1. is there a pre-installed windows dig equivalent that will only return the IPs of the DNS record?
  2. in a batch or powershell file, how do you iterate over multiple results from another application?

Solution

  • Try this...

    Get-Command -Name Resolve-Dns* | 
    Format-Table -AutoSize
    
    CommandType Name                   Version Source       
    ----------- ----                   ------- ------       
    Cmdlet      Resolve-DnsName        1.0.0.0 DnsClient     
    
    # Get parameters, examples, full and Online help for a cmdlet or function
    
    (Get-Command -Name Resolve-DnsName).Parameters
    Get-help -Name Resolve-DnsName -Examples
    Get-help -Name Resolve-DnsName -Full
    Get-help -Name Resolve-DnsName -Online
    
    
    # Get all IPAddresses for the provided DNS name
    $env:USERDNSDOMAIN | ForEach{Resolve-DnsName -Name $PSItem}
    
    Name          Type   TTL   Section    IPAddress                                
    ----          ----   ---   -------    ---------                                
    CONTOSO.COM A      600   Answer     192.168....                             
    CONTOSO.COM A      600   Answer     10.10... 
    
    # 
    $env:USERDNSDOMAIN | 
    ForEach{
        # Get all IP addresses for the provided DNS name
        $DNSIPA = (Resolve-DnsName -Name $PSItem).IPAddress
        
        # Check if the host is up for a given IPA and port number
        ForEach($IPA in $DNSIPA)
        {
            "Processing $IPA"
            Test-NetConnection -ComputerName $IPA -Port 1666
        }
    }
    

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