NAME

     mquery — small query tool for multicast DNS

SYNOPSIS

     mquery [-hsv] [-i IFACE] [-t TYPE] [-w SEC] [NAME]

DESCRIPTION

     mquery is a companion tool to mdnsd(8), but can also be used stand-alone with other mDNS
     servers.  It formats and sends mDNS service queries, similar to how mdns-scan(1) works, but
     with a fraction of the usability.

     mquery runs on the system default interface, derived from the routing table.  To run on
     another interface, use the -i IFACE command line option.  It runs continuously monitoring
     for responses to the initial query, by default _services._dns-sd._udp.local.

OPTIONS

     This program follows the usual UNIX command line syntax. The options are as follows:

     -h      Print a bare bones help message and exits.

     -i IFACE
             Interface to run query on, by default the system default interface is used, derived
             from the routing table.

     -s      By default mquery behaves a lot like mdns-scan(1), which after receiving an initial
             reply to a scan, sends a specific PTR query to the respondent.  This option skips
             that specific scan and runs mquery in a simple mode.

     -t TYPE
             Query type, default 12 (PTR).

     -h      Print a help message and exit.

     -v      Show program version.

     -w SEC  Delay (approximate) in seconds before automatically exiting.

SEE ALSO

     mdns-scan(1) mdnsd(8),

AUTHORS

     This mDNS-SD implementation was created in 2003 by Jeremie Miller <jer@jabber.org>.  Much
     later, in 2016, it was adopted by
     Joachim Wiberg <troglobit@gmail.com> for further development and maintenance at GitHub:
     ⟨https://github.com/troglobit/mdnsd⟩.