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c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Long: dns-servers
Arg: <addresses>
Help: DNS server addrs to use
Protocols: DNS
Requires: c-ares
Added: 7.33.0
Category: dns
Multi: single
See-also:
  - dns-interface
  - dns-ipv4-addr
Example:
  - --dns-servers 192.168.0.1,192.168.0.2 $URL
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# `--dns-servers`

Set the list of DNS servers to be used instead of the system default.
The list of IP addresses should be separated with commas. Port numbers
may also optionally be given as *:<port-number>* after each IP
address.