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hornet zone

Parse a DNS zone file and print the re-formatted output to stdout.

Alias: hornet z

Usage

hornet zone [OPTIONS] <FILE>

Arguments:
  <FILE>  Path to zone file

Options:
  -i, --indent <N>  Indent size in spaces [default: 4]
  -h, --help        Print help

Examples

# Parse and pretty-print a zone file
hornet zone /etc/bind/zones/example.com.db

# Use 2-space indent
hornet zone --indent 2 /etc/bind/zones/example.com.db

# Redirect to a file
hornet zone /etc/bind/zones/example.com.db > /tmp/example.com.db.formatted

Exit codes

Code Meaning
0 Parse succeeded; formatted output written to stdout
1 Parse failed; error written to stderr

Notes

  • Output is written to stdout; errors are written to stderr.
  • The source file is never modified.
  • $INCLUDE directives are recorded in the AST but not followed; included files are not read or output.
  • parse — Parse a named.conf instead of a zone file
  • check-zone — Validate a zone file for semantic errors