On Wed, Jun 08, 2022 at 12:56:52AM +0000, Lee wrote: > host and dig are non-standard. or use non-standard name lookups? library?? > In any case, try your example with ping or ssh - the search list will > be applied after the initial NXDOMAIN
On Debian, the canonical tool for performing generic hostname lookups according to the rules established by /etc/nsswitch.conf and other local system config files would be: getent hosts NAME unicorn:~$ getent hosts www.google.com. 2607:f8b0:4009:80b::2004 www.google.com unicorn:~$ host www.google.com www.google.com has address 142.250.190.100 www.google.com has IPv6 address 2607:f8b0:4009:80b::2004 (Demonstrating the difference between canonical and useful. My system has no IPv6 capability.)
