Useful utilities and toys over DNS
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Useful utilities and toys over DNS
Useful utilities and services over DNS
dns.toys is a DNS server that takes creative liberties with the DNS protocol to offer handy utilities and services that are easily accessible via the command line.
Copy and run the below commands to try it out.
World time
dig mumbai.time @dns.toys
dig newyork.time @dns.toys
Pass city names without spaces suffixed with .time
Weather
dig mumbai.weather @dns.toys
dig newyork.weather @dns.toys
Pass city names without spaces suffixed with .weather.
This service is powered by yr.no
Unit conversion
dig 42km-mi.unit @dns.toys
dig 32GB-MB.unit @dns.toys
$Value$FromUnit-$ToUnit. To see all 70 available units,
dig unit @dns.toys
Currency conversion (forex)
dig 100USD-INR.fx @dns.toys
dig 50CAD-AUD.fx @dns.toys
$Value$FromCurrency-$ToCurrency. Daily rates are from exchangerate.host.
IP echo
dig ip @dns.toys
Echo your IP address.
Number to words
dig 987654321.words @dns.toys
Convert numbers to English words.
dig help @dns.toys
Lists available services.
Shortcut function
Add this bash function to your ~/.bashrc file.
The + args show cleaner output from dig.
function dy { dig +noall +answer +additional "$1" @dns.toys; }
Add this to your fish config file.
alias dy="dig +noall +answer +additional $argv[1] @dns.toys"
Then, use the dy command as a shortcut.
dy berlin.time
dy mumbai.weather
dy 100USD-INR.fx
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Kailash Nadh © 2022
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