Evan Hunt via RT <bind9-review@isc.org> wrote:

> Revised Tony's patch to use a "-r" ("rdata format") command line option instead
> of a different command name.

Aww, the reason for that was to make it easy to copy and paste in the
terminal, without having to configure a shell alias, e.g.

$ dig +noall +authority +multiline +dnssec com txt
com.                    842 IN SOA a.gtld-servers.net. nstld.verisign-grs.com. (
                                1496938278 ; serial
                                1800       ; refresh (30 minutes)
                                900        ; retry (15 minutes)
                                604800     ; expire (1 week)
                                86400      ; minimum (1 day)
                                )
com.                    842 IN RRSIG SOA 8 1 900 (
                                20170615161118 20170608150118 27302 com.
                                E3gsDnskMAcuoGABm0/wMgR7DWZp8jB6hxns4YoIsr5q
                                DpW8krVCT1+pOvWk1txNKKv0FKTxnrFsXq0g7oXLDQV3
                                KLFEsCU2K1EUZRYSOe3SGgQlAGRehTnaxfNP1ouxpd/D
                                bTgrL2/gaBLusiWbrpNIddJUHdFTPIxwySXRUOE= )
CK0POJMG874LJREF7EFN8430QVIT8BSM.com. 842 IN RRSIG NSEC3 8 2 86400 (
                                20170614044955 20170607033955 27302 com.
                                L7uifuxG3NekZAUdohvpumfcsofMciePoRre/O/tt6ic
                                Gmku6oQfuLZSZXWMemgW5Fe66JGPe8RixH2FSOM8rO9k
                                zG3zlssQM40z9wSPGiwnJZqSS3hr2LyAN/Q/FnY8jODA
                                U+5iIDVIhPlHOFkIlMpFoA6UVZqBY1IduxoSGug= )
; I want to check this record                vvvvvvvvvvvvv
CK0POJMG874LJREF7EFN8430QVIT8BSM.com. 842 IN NSEC3 1 1 0 - (
; so I copy the highlighted bit              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                CK0Q1GIN43N1ARRC9OSM6QPQR81H5M9A
                                NS SOA RRSIG DNSKEY NSEC3PARAM )
$ NSEC3 1 1 0 - com
com NSEC3 1 1 0 - CK0POJMG874LJREF7EFN8430QVIT8BSM

Tony.
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