Linux command to translate DomainName to IP

Question

Is there any Linux command to translate domain name to IP?

Answer 1

You can use:

nslookup www.example.com

Answer 2

% dig +short stackoverflow.com
69.59.196.211

or

% host stackoverflow.com
stackoverflow.com has address 69.59.196.211
stackoverflow.com mail is handled by 30 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com.
stackoverflow.com mail is handled by 40 aspmx2.googlemail.com.
stackoverflow.com mail is handled by 50 aspmx3.googlemail.com.
stackoverflow.com mail is handled by 10 aspmx.l.google.com.
stackoverflow.com mail is handled by 20 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com.