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+Copyright 2015 Knut Ahlers <knut@ahlers.me>
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
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+[![License: Apache v2.0](https://badge.luzifer.io/v1/badge?color=5d79b5&title=license&text=Apache+v2.0)](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
+[![GoBuilder Download](https://badge.luzifer.io/v1/badge?color=5d79b5&title=Download&text=on GoBuilder)](https://gobuilder.me/github.com/Luzifer/dns\_check)
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 # Luzifer / dns\_check
 
 dns\_check is a small utility to check major DNS services for records of a FQDN without having to query them one-by-one.