Reverse DNS Lookup from the Command Line

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I'd like to get a list of all domains pointed to a certain IP address. Is there a way to get this information from the command line?

Nothing like "host", "nslookup" or "dig -x". Those return the hostname of the IP address which, while helpful, is only part of what I want returned.

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