bart@bart-laptop:~$ time dig -t a noc.sixxs.net +nofail | grep -e status -e A -e time
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 52683
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;noc.sixxs.net.			IN	A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
noc.sixxs.net.		0	IN	A	213.197.29.32
;; Query time: 13 msec

real	0m0.024s
user	0m0.008s
sys	0m0.000s

bart@bart-laptop:~$ time dig -t aaaa noc.sixxs.net +nofail | grep -e status -e AAAA -e time
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached

real	0m15.020s
user	0m0.012s
sys	0m0.004s

bart@bart-laptop:~$ time getent hosts www.sixxs.net
94.75.219.73    nginx.sixxs.net www.sixxs.net
193.109.122.244 nginx.sixxs.net www.sixxs.net
213.204.193.2   nginx.sixxs.net www.sixxs.net
213.197.30.67   nginx.sixxs.net www.sixxs.net

real	0m20.073s
user	0m0.000s
sys	0m0.004s