How to find the delegation path to DNS

How to find the delegation path to DNS zone using the dig command.

Use the +trace after the domain name to find the delegation path. For example, the following command will find the delegation path to example.com:

dig example.com +trace

The result is:

C: \Users \asus>dig example.com +trace

; <<>> DiG 9.16.33 <<>> example.com +trace
;; global options: +cmd
.           2819    IN  NS      e.root-servers.net.
.           2819    IN  NS      h.root-servers.net.
.           2819    IN  NS      l.root-servers.net.
.           2819    IN  NS      i.root-servers.net.
.           2819    IN  NS      a.root-servers.net.
.           2819    IN  NS      d.root-servers.net.
.           2819    IN  NS      c.root-servers.net.
.           2819    IN  NS      b.root-servers.net.
.           2819    IN  NS      j.root-servers.net.
.           2819    IN  NS      k.root-servers.net.
.           2819    IN  NS      g.root-servers.net.
.           2819    IN  NS      m.root-servers.net.
.           2819    IN  NS      f.root-servers.net.
.           2819    IN  RRSIG   NS 8 0 518400 20221104050000 20221022040000 18733 . oR+P6a50uAtecqWN
r9NNG5U×5SRBcVRDiS4Lwh1wmgYdLq7dGTIDX6Z 29rP+GPIJhkHXXFOf1ZZUPcSHbRez/ybBxrVMP5ewTrPIfuPnhcR4FoC PdzYmdAlaTOZi+u15CLe rObYHMaSvcIg2hiXzGIhXDTNzbxKo9yt485m Xw4ULUqNcsDy2fSmB6tNS4u2tUng+ /OALcdUcwc6EJ6Ad601 iL9oXVZg evgoMJ3D78w8FDbs+idPN3q qOHRakn/Nkp04ARs7kwr/tCGokNS+oiaJ+R6VPMEJF+8bCWK1cWHTA/sJ76L90rrYdBRMII40yF/eyWA25k0vnw4/ZCDnw==
;; Received 525 bytes from 10.99.0.1#53(10.99.0.1) in 190 m

dig command with trace option to find DNS delegation path

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