https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/querying-dns/m-p/4782999#M44296 In DNS, the way you would accomplish it would be to request a zone transfer of the parent domain (.com) then you would look for your target (X*) in the return.<BR /><BR />I can guarantee you the ".com" servers will not let you do a zone transfer. You can imagine how large that would be.<BR /><BR />So the short answer is, "No, you can't do that."<BR /> Mon, 02 May 2011 02:16:49 GMT Randy Jones_3 2011-05-02T02:16:49Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/querying-dns/m-p/4782998#M44295 Hi there<BR />Is there any way of querying public DNS using wildards ?<BR /><BR />whois x*.com <BR /><BR />No match for "X*.COM".<BR /><BR />?<BR /><BR /> Sun, 01 May 2011 12:29:37 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/querying-dns/m-p/4782998#M44295 Piotr Kirklewski 2011-05-01T12:29:37Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/querying-dns/m-p/4782999#M44296 In DNS, the way you would accomplish it would be to request a zone transfer of the parent domain (.com) then you would look for your target (X*) in the return.<BR /><BR />I can guarantee you the ".com" servers will not let you do a zone transfer. You can imagine how large that would be.<BR /><BR />So the short answer is, "No, you can't do that."<BR /> Mon, 02 May 2011 02:16:49 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/querying-dns/m-p/4782999#M44296 Randy Jones_3 2011-05-02T02:16:49Z