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## 11.4 Avoiding the Search List

`nslookup` implements the search list, as the resolver does. When you are debugging, the search list can get in your way. Either you need to turn the search list off completely (`set nosearch`), or you need to add a trailing dot to the fully qualified domain name you are looking up. We prefer the latter, as you'll see in our examples.

11.3 Option Settings |  | 11.5 Common Tasks