$ dig +trace example.com
; ;; global options: +cmd . 518400 IN NS G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 518400 IN NS H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 518400 IN NS I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 518400 IN NS J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 518400 IN NS K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 518400 IN NS L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 518400 IN NS M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 518400 IN NS A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 518400 IN NS B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 518400 IN NS C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 518400 IN NS D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 518400 IN NS E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 518400 IN NS F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. ;; Received 228 bytes from 172.31.0.2#53(172.31.0.2) in 450 ms com. 172800 IN NS a.gtld-servers.net. com. 172800 IN NS b.gtld-servers.net. com. 172800 IN NS c.gtld-servers.net. com. 172800 IN NS d.gtld-servers.net. com. 172800 IN NS e.gtld-servers.net. com. 172800 IN NS f.gtld-servers.net. com. 172800 IN NS g.gtld-servers.net. com. 172800 IN NS h.gtld-servers.net. com. 172800 IN NS i.gtld-servers.net. com. 172800 IN NS j.gtld-servers.net. com. 172800 IN NS k.gtld-servers.net. com. 172800 IN NS l.gtld-servers.net. com. 172800 IN NS m.gtld-servers.net. ;; Received 489 bytes from 198.41.0.4#53(198.41.0.4) in 37 ms example.com. 172800 IN NS a.iana-servers.net. example.com. 172800 IN NS b.iana-servers.net. ;; Received 165 bytes from 192.31.80.30#53(192.31.80.30) in 110 ms example.com. 86400 IN A 93.184.216.34 example.com. 86400 IN NS a.iana-servers.net. example.com. 86400 IN NS b.iana-servers.net. ;; Received 93 bytes from 199.43.135.53#53(199.43.135.53) in 92 ms
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