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How to use dig to find Glue record

in order to find glue record you need two command one find the authority of TLD.

$ dig NS in.

......<RESULT>.....
; <<>> DiG 9.9.2-P2 <<>> NS in.
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 17728
;; flags: qr rd ra ad; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 8, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 512
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;in.                IN  NS

;; ANSWER SECTION:
in.         21599   IN  NS  a0.in.afilias-nst.info.
in.         21599   IN  NS  a1.in.afilias-nst.in.
in.         21599   IN  NS  a2.in.afilias-nst.info.
in.         21599   IN  NS  b0.in.afilias-nst.org.
in.         21599   IN  NS  b1.in.afilias-nst.in.
in.         21599   IN  NS  b2.in.afilias-nst.org.
in.         21599   IN  NS  c0.in.afilias-nst.info.
in.         21599   IN  NS  ns7.cdns.net.

;; Query time: 138 msec
;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8)
;; WHEN: Mon May  5 11:16:01 2014
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 228
you can replace in. with com. etc....

Now from the list use one of the name server and search for your domain using.

dig NS k2patel.in @b1.in.afilias-nst.in.