Powershell - DNS Check

Check DNS Resolution using Powershell

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#
#    DNS-CHECK.PS1
#
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$outfile = ".\results.txt"
$list = ".\LIST.TXT"
$names = Get-Content $list 

$today = get-date
clear-host
write "==========================================================================="
write "  $today"
write "  Checking DNS Resolution"

write "$today" | out-file -encoding ASCII $outfile 
foreach($name in $names) {
    write "---------------------------------------------------------------------------"
    write-host "  $name"
  try {[Net.DNS]::GetHostEntry($name) }
  catch {
   Write-host $server "    ERROR:  $name - NOT FOUND IN DNS"
  "ERROR:  $name - not resolved in DNS" | out-file -encoding ASCII $outfile -append 
    }
}#foreach server
write "==========================================================================="

#end