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# Determine The IP Address Of A Domain
The `dig` (domain information grouper) command can be used to get more
information about a domain name. To discover the IP address for a given
domain, invoke `dig` with the domain as an argument.
```bash
$ dig joshbranchaud.com
; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P1 <<>> joshbranchaud.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 26589
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;joshbranchaud.com. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
joshbranchaud.com. 86400 IN A 198.74.60.157
;; Query time: 118 msec
;; SERVER: 75.75.75.75#53(75.75.75.75)
;; WHEN: Sun Jan 17 22:32:18 2016
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 51
```
The *answer section* tells me that the IP address for `joshbranchaud.com` is
`198.74.60.157`.
See `man dig` for more details.